CVE-2026-59518
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk43th percentile - higher than 43% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Directorist plugin for WordPress contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability allowing object injection. The issue affects versions up to and including 8.8.2.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code or take over the WordPress site by sending crafted data.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Directorist plugin to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Directorist
See all- CVE-2026-84066Low
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before version 8.9 does not verify that the requesting user owns the post being modified before writing uploaded file references to its metadata, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to overwrite image metadata on posts belonging to other users.
- CVE-2026-77757Medium
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before version 8.9.3 does not sanitize a user-supplied image reference before using it as the source of a file move, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to relocate arbitrary server-readable image files into a publicly accessible directory, and to delete them from their original location.
- CVE-2026-39509Medium
The Directorist plugin for WordPress has an authorization vulnerability that allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels. This issue affects versions up to and including 8.5.10.
Original NVD description (English source)
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in wpWax Directorist directorist allows Object Injection.This issue affects Directorist: from n/a through <= 8.8.2.