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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2026-77757 json

Directorist 8.5 - 8.9.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Image Move via REST v2 Listing Submission

published 2026-08-26 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-26 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-66287

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 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.

Patch / fix

  • Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.9.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/84a5b1f0-b5a7-4800-91ee-813727604ec5/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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.