Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-118530

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

publishedCWE-863

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.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-11-07Source updated 2026-11-07
Collected2026-11-071 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
Unknown
≥ 0; < 8.11 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: WPScan

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

References

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