# CVE-2026-118533: Directorist AI-Powered Business Directory broken access control in payment receipt

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-118533-the-directorist-ai-powered-business-directory-listings  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-11-07. Updated: 2026-11-07  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-118533 · Severity: info · Published 2026-11-07

Directorist is a WordPress plugin that manages business listings and classified ads. An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level permissions can access payment receipts and order details belonging to other users, exposing sensitive financial information such as order amounts, payment methods, and transaction IDs without the original owner's authorization.

Technologies: [Directorist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/directorist-directorist). Vendors: [Directorist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/directorist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-118533 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118533 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-118533?** Informational severity, published 7 November 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Directorist before 8.11.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118533?** Yes: fixed in 8.11. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-118533 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-118533?** 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 validate that a user requesting an order's payment receipt is the actual owner of that order, resulting in an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability. Any authenticated user, even with minimal subscriber privileges, can enumerate order IDs and retrieve associated payment and order information. This is a broken access control flaw exploitable over the network by any authenticated attacker with no additional preconditions.

## Affected products

- Directorist Directorist before 8.11

## Timeline

- 2026-11-05: disclosed

## References

- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a2d9ceb3-e0c8-494c-a664-5da25d1d1282/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a2d9ceb3-e0c8-494c-a664-5da25d1d1282/)

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