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.
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Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Business Directory Plugin <= 6.4.20 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Listing Modification
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-18T08:26:05.398Z

Reserved: 2026-01-29T19:21:47.804Z

Link: CVE-2026-1656

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-18T09:15:58.403

Modified: 2026-02-18T09:15:58.403

Link: CVE-2026-1656

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