---
id: CVE-2026-84046
title: >-
  The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
  WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before
  fetching it server-side, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to
  make the s…
summary: >-
  The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
  WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before
  fetching it server-side, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to
  make the s…
severity: medium
cvss: 5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-918
product: 'Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads'
affected:
  - directorist_ai-powered_business_directory_listings_classified_ads < 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-2026-84046'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5279c4b-ce91-4322-b5c3-70cd1d6d3ba8/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00197
epssPercentile: 0.08374
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T10:43:21.637445Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T06:17:57.889Z'
---

## Overview

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to make the server issue requests to internal addresses.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.