WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Directorist < 8.9.5 - Subscriber+ Cross-User Favorites Read and Write via REST Favorites Endpoint

Description

The plugin does not verify that the target user of a REST route matches the authenticated caller before reading and modifying that user's saved favorites, allowing any authenticated user with subscriber-level access to view and alter another user's favorites.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 8.9.5

References

Classification

Type
IDOR
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Submitter
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-21 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-21 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-21 (about 1 day ago)

Other