# CVE-2026-84046: Directorist < 8.9.5 - Subscriber+ SSRF via Avatar URL

> Subscribers can trigger server-side requests to internal addresses via unvalidated avatar URLs, potentially exposing internal services.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6q63-3w56-m722

## What is CVE-2026-84046?

CVE-2026-84046 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery 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 validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side, allowing users with the subscriber role and above to make the server issue requests to internal addresses.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84046?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-84046?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-84046 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-84046 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-84046 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-84046 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84046/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84046/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84046
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84046
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-84046

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84046/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.