Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-118530 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118530 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118530?
- Informational severity, published 7 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Directorist before 8.11.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118530?
- Yes: fixed in 8.11. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-118530 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-118530?
- Check whether you run Directorist at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 8.11
Technical details
The plugin fails to verify that a user performing an email-verification bulk action has permission to edit each targeted user, enabling privilege escalation across multisite boundaries. An authenticated Administrator on one site can invoke this action against users on other sites in the network. The vulnerability exists in the bulk action handler and is fixed by enforcing per-user capability checks before processing modifications.
Affected products
- Directorist Directorist before 8.11
Timeline
- 2026-11-05: disclosed
- 2026-11-07: advisory