CVE-2022-2377: Directorist < 7.3.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary E-mail Sending

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.3.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users to send arbitrary emails on behalf of the blog

Affected products

wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: before 7.3.0 — fixed in 7.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 7.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4e606e9-0664-42fb-a59b-21de306eb530
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4e606e9-0664-42fb-a59b-21de306eb530

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