Directorist WordPress plugin: Stored XSS via 'phone' listing field
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'phone' listing field in all versions up to and including 8.10.2.1, due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user opens an injected page. The plugin grants the edit_at_biz_dirs and publish_at_biz_dirs capabilities to the subscriber role, so any subscriber can submit and publish listings without moderation. The weakness is CWE-79, and the CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.4 (MEDIUM).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'phone' Listing Field in all versions up to, and including, 8.10.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is possible because the plugin grants the edit_at_biz_dirs and publish_at_biz_dirs capabilities to the subscriber role, allowing any subscriber-level user to submit and publish listings without moderation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version is listed. Until one is available, remove the edit_at_biz_dirs and publish_at_biz_dirs capabilities from the subscriber role, since the plugin grants them there.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100185
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-v6w7-4jw7-37cj
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdddb715-4c49-419f-a599-51ff0857393a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/includes/model/SingleListing.php#L1491
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L303
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.9.6/templates/single/fields/map.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3730035%40directorist&new=3730035%40directorist
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Sources
- CVE-2026-100185 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100185 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v6w7-4jw7-37cj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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