CVE-2026-118530

Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.11 does not check that the acting user may edit each targeted user when handling an email-verification bulk action on multisite, allowing an Administrator of one site on the network to lock out users of other sites, including the network Super Administrator, until they re-verify their email.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): WPScan
CVSS severity: —
CVSS score: —
CVSS vector: —
Effective score: 5.0 / 10 MEDIUM source: NVD
CWE(s): CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Reserved: 2026-10-28
Published: 2026-11-07 06:00 UTC
Last updated: 2026-11-07 18:16 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/118xxx/CVE-2026-118530.json

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NVD published: 2026-11-07 06:16:57 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-11-07 19:17:18 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 5.0 / 10 MEDIUM source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Exploitability subscore: 0.7 / 10
Impact subscore: 4.2 / 10
EPSS score: 0.0014 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 3.57% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-11-07

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-863 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-118936

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Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Unknown	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	`0` (affected)	—

Vendor references (1)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3605c252-a176-4c4e-a794-d5e27e032c64/ exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Web references (0)

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NVD-tagged references (1)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3605c252-a176-4c4e-a794-d5e27e032c64/ contact@wpscan.com

Remediations (10)

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2026-11-08 11:45 UTC
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2026-11-08 11:45 UTC

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-118530.json.

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