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Directorist - Business Directory Plugin < 7.2.3 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload

Type: advisorySources: OSV

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.2.3 allows administrators to download other plugins from the same vendor directly to the site, but does not check the URL domain it gets the zip files from. This could allow administrators to run code on the server, which is a problem in multisite configurations.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2022-2046
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 08:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Directorist - Business Directory Plugin < 7.2.3 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Aug 2022, 13:46 UTC

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.2.3 allows administrators to download other plugins from the same vendor directly to the site, but does not check the URL domain it gets the zip files from. This could allow administrators to run code on the server, which is a problem in multisite configurations.

osv:CVE-2022-2046
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2046",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Directorist - Business Directory Plugin < 7.2.3 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload",
    "summary": "The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.2.3 allows administrators to download other plugins from the same vendor directly to the site, but does not check the URL domain it gets the zip files from. This could allow administrators to run code on the server, which is a problem in multisite configurations.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-2046",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
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                {
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                },
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                }
              ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-08T02:45:39.993001757Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2752034/directorist?contextall=1&old=2731298&old_path=%2Fdirectorist",
        "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03a04eab-be47-4195-af77-0df2a32eb807",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2046.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2046"
      ],
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      }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 98229,
  "published_at": "2022-08-08T13:46:03+00:00"
}