Business Directory Plugin <= 6.4.20 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Listing Modification

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-1656
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published February 17, 2026
Last Updated February 18, 2026
Researcher Sein Linn
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug business-directory-plugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.4.20
Patched Version
  • 6.4.21
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