---
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: 0.00212
epssPercentile: 0.10214
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T10:43:13.034357Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T06:17:57.890Z'
---

## Overview

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 above to delete arbitrary listings, including ones belonging to other users.

This 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.

## Remediation

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