CVE-2026-1656
The Business Directory Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing authorization check in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.20.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Business Directory Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing authorization check in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.20. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary listings, including changing titles, content, and email addresses, by directly referencing the listing ID in crafted requests to the wpbdp_ajax AJAX action.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/business-directory-plugin/tags/6.4.20/includes/helpers/class-authenticated-listing-view.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/business-directory-plugin/trunk/includes/helpers/class-authenticated-listing-view.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3452627/business-directory-plugin/tags/6.4.21/includes/controllers/pages/class-submit-listing.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f894ce75-168c-4baa-8cae-d2e7f1a0a9ab?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.