Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-59518 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-59518 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-59518?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 13 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- wpWax Directorist <= 8.8.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-59518?
- A patch was published on 2026-07-13: Version 8.8.3 released to address the issue Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-59518 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-59518?
- Check whether you run wpWax 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.
Technical details
A PHP Object Injection vulnerability exists in the wpWax Directorist plugin for WordPress due to the insecure deserialization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by submitting specially crafted data to a vulnerable component. If a suitable Property-Oriented Programming (POP) chain is present on the server, the attacker can achieve remote code execution, perform SQL injection, or conduct arbitrary file manipulation. The vulnerability is present in versions up to 8.8.2 and has been addressed in version 8.8.3.
Affected products
- wpWax Directorist <= 8.8.2
Timeline
- 2026-06-30: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher dutafi
- 2026-07-09: advisory: Patchstack published advisory
- 2026-07-13: disclosed: CVE published to NVD
- 2026-07-13: patched: Version 8.8.3 released to address the issue