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CVE-2024-1322: Directorist <= 7.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Change

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'setup_wizard' function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to recreate default pages and enable or disable monetization and change map provider.

Affected products

• wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: before 7.8.5 — fixed in 7.8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 7.8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/7.8.4/includes/classes/class-setup-wizard.php#L300
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fdirectorist%2Ftags%2F7.8.4&old=3034765&new_path=%2Fdirectorist%2Ftags%2F7.8.5&new=3034765&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa26e958-4850-451b-88eb-d48fc0c7feb7?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/7.8.4/includes/classes/class-setup-wizard.php#L300
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fdirectorist%2Ftags%2F7.8.4&old=3034765&new_path=%2Fdirectorist%2Ftags%2F7.8.5&new=3034765&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa26e958-4850-451b-88eb-d48fc0c7feb7?source=cve

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