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CVE-2022-2046: Directorist - Business Directory Plugin < 7.2.3 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.2.3 allows administrators to download other plugins from the same vendor directly to the site, but does not check the URL domain it gets the zip files from. This could allow administrators to run code on the server, which is a problem in multisite configurations.

Affected products

• wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: before 7.2.3 — fixed in 7.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 7.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2752034/directorist?contextall=1&old=2731298&old_path=%2Fdirectorist
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03a04eab-be47-4195-af77-0df2a32eb807
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2752034/directorist?contextall=1&old=2731298&old_path=%2Fdirectorist
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03a04eab-be47-4195-af77-0df2a32eb807

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