Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.5 - 8.9.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Image Move
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 8.9.3
- Affected Version
8.5 – 8.9.2- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2026-77757
At a glance
CVE-2026-77757 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Directorist WordPress plugin, affecting versions 8.5 – 8.9.2. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 8.9.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by Revanth Hari Narayana Matte.
Vulnerability Overview
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Image Move due to insufficient file path validation in versions 8.5 through 8.9.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Reaching this weakness in Directorist 8.5 – 8.9.2 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.
Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For Directorist the fix is 8.9.3: builds 8.5 – 8.9.2 are affected, anything from 8.9.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 8.9.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Subscriber access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Directorist 8.9.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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