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.
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Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Directorist 8.5 - 8.9.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Image Move via REST v2 Listing Submission
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-26T06:00:21.970Z

Reserved: 2026-08-21T09:58:17.777Z

Link: CVE-2026-77757

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