Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-1889
CVE-2023-1889
Description
The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 7.5.4. This is due to improper validation and authorization checks within the listing_task function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete arbitrary posts. Please note CVE-2023-35052 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b47edd57-cac7-463f-88cc-8922f1b34612nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920100/directoristnvdIssue Tracking
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/06/critical-security-update-directorist-wordpress-plugin-patches-two-high-risk-vulnerabilities/nvd
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