CVE-2026-100185
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads <= 8.10.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'phone' Listing Field
wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
CVSS
6.4MediumExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.25%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.
Description
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'phone' Listing Field in all versions up to, and including, 8.10.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is possible because the plugin grants the edit_at_biz_dirs and publish_at_biz_dirs capabilities to the subscriber role, allowing any subscriber-level user to submit and publish listings without moderation.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Adsaffected: all versions through 8.10.2.1CVE List
References 5
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdddb715-4c49-419f-a599-51ff0857393a?source=cveReferencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/includes/model/SingleListing.php#L1491Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L303Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/templates/single/fields/map.php#L10Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3730035%40directorist&new=3730035%40directoristReferencevia CVE List