Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-84027 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-84027 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-84027?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 23 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Directorist before 8.9.5.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-84027?
- A patch was published on 2026-09-23: Fixed in version 8.9.5 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-84027 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-84027?
- 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.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a missing authorization check (CWE-862) in the REST API orders endpoint. Any authenticated user with subscriber role or higher can invoke the endpoint without capability verification, allowing them to create order and payment records with arbitrary amounts and assign them to arbitrary users. The vulnerability requires network access and authentication but no additional user interaction; an attacker gains the ability to forge financial records and manipulate order attribution.
Affected products
- Directorist Directorist before 8.9.5
Timeline
- 2026-09-21: disclosed: Publicly published
- 2026-09-23: patched: Fixed in version 8.9.5
- 2026-09-23: advisory