# CVE-2026-86789: Information disclosure in Connections Business Directory

> Unauthenticated attackers can access private or unlisted directory entries via REST API, exposing sensitive personal and business data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w7qq-wcpg-3wf8

## What is CVE-2026-86789?

CVE-2026-86789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Connections Business Directory, published on 30 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin through 10.4.67 does not apply its visibility and moderation-status restrictions on certain REST API read endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve directory entries that are marked private or unlisted, or that are still pending moderation, including entry names, organizations, biographies, internal notes and street addresses.
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin through 10.4.67 has been closed on WordPress.org and no fixed version is available, so site owners should remove it or restrict unauthenticated access to its REST API routes.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86789?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-86789?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-86789 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-86789 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-86789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Connections Business Directory, published on 30 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Connections Business Directory. 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-2026-86789/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-86789/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86789
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86789
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-86789

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-86789/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.