The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11.1 does not prevent a listing's own author from changing its status from pending to published, allowing users with a Subscriber-level account and above to bypass the administrator's listing moderation and publish their own pending listings.
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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11.1 does not prevent a listing's own author from changing its status from pending to published, allowing users with a Subscriber-level account and above to bypass the administrator's listing moderation and publish their own pending listings.
Title Directorist < 8.11.1 - Subscriber+ Listing Moderation Bypass via REST Status Update
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-12T06:00:07.049Z

Reserved: 2026-10-28T15:32:14.950Z

Link: CVE-2026-118531

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-12T06:17:11.850

Modified: 2026-11-12T06:17:11.850

Link: CVE-2026-118531

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