Directorist Social Login <= 2.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management

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

CVE	CVE-2026-22337
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	January 20, 2026
Last Updated	January 28, 2026
Researcher	0xd4rk5id3

Description

The Directorist Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	directorist-social-login (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 2.1.1
Patched Version

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