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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2026-118530 json

Directorist < 8.11 - Admin+ Cross-Site Account Lockout via Email Verification Bulk Action

published 2026-11-07 2 d ago modified 2026-11-07 47 h ago also EUVD-2026-118936

cvss
5.0
version 3.1, CISA ADP
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.11

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
47 h ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3605c252-a176-4c4e-a794-d5e27e032c64/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

  • Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.