CVE-2026-77766 Directorist 8.5 - 8.9.4 - Subscriber+ Order and Financial Record Disclosure via REST Orders Endpoint
Subscribers can access all customer order and payment records via an unscoped REST endpoint in the Directorist WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-77766?
CVE-2026-77766 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, published on 23 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not scope one of its REST collection endpoints to the requesting user, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read every customer's order and payment records.
Versions 8.8.1 to 8.9 are not affected. The endpoint was scoped correctly in 8.8.1 and the unscoped behaviour was reintroduced in 8.9.1.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-77766?
How do I fix CVE-2026-77766?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-77766 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-77766 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-77766 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rc7w-56jp-5gfx.