{"id":"CVE-2026-84098","title":"The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not properly verify a listing's ownership before deleting it, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and …","summary":"The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not properly verify a listing's ownership before deleting it, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and …","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-863"],"product":"Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads","affected":["directorist_ai-powered_business_directory_listings_classified_ads >= 3.1.0 < 8.9.5"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-09-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-23T18:13:31.210","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84098","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f83718-84ff-49e4-9ad7-395cc0ab494b/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.0018,"epssPercentile":0.07861,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-23T10:43:13.034357Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T06:17:57.890Z","slug":"CVE-2026-84098","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not properly verify a listing's ownership before deleting it, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to delete arbitrary listings, including ones belonging to other users.\n\nThis is an incomplete fix of CVE-2023-1889 / CVE-2023-35052: a separate, unaddressed listing-deletion path allows the same impact, from at least version 3.1.0 through the current release.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":209586,"id":"CVE-2026-84098","ts":1790162587212,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"6.5"},{"seq":209585,"id":"CVE-2026-84098","ts":1790162587212,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}