Is Business Directory Plugin safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (6.4.29). As of 2026-11-04. 19 issues are on record for older versions; version 6.4.28 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Business Directory Plugin on the latest version (6.4.29) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Business Directory Plugin are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): SQL injection (6.4.27 and older, fixed in 6.4.28); Missing authorization check (6.4.27 and older, fixed in 6.4.28); Missing authorization check (6.4.26 and older, fixed in 6.4.27); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (6.4.25 and older, fixed in 6.4.26); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (6.4.24 and older, fixed in 6.4.25); Missing authorization check (6.4.23 and older, fixed in 6.4.24). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Business Directory Plugin?

6.4.29, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-10-20). It has 10,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Business Directory Plugin is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update business-directory-plugin). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · business-directory-plugin · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Business Directory Plugin safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 6.4.29
Last updated: 2026-10-20
Active installs: 10,000+
Known issues on record: 19
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+

Build a business directory or member directory on WordPress, complete with a listing manager and directory website builder. No developer needed. — by Strategy11 Team

What to do

Update to the latest version (6.4.29). Anything older than 6.4.28 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get business-directory-plugin --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update business-directory-plugin updates it.

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

19 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

high 7.6 CVE-2026-62097 · published 2026-09-30

SQL injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.27 and older)

Affected: 6.4.27 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.28 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in WPTasty Business Directory business-directory-plugin allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Business Directory: from n/a through 6.4.27.

NVD CVE-2026-62097 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2026-94173 · published 2026-09-30

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.27 and older)

Affected: 6.4.27 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.28 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Contributor Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) in Business Directory <= 6.4.27 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-94173 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-84769 · published 2026-09-03

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.26 and older)

Affected: 6.4.26 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.27 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) in Business Directory <= 6.4.26 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-84769 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-84758 · published 2026-09-03

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.26 and older)

Affected: 6.4.26 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.27 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Business Directory <= 6.4.26 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-84758 Patchstack advisory

high 7.1 CVE-2026-28004 · published 2026-08-13

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.25 and older)

Affected: 6.4.25 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.26 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Business Directory <= 6.4.25 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-28004 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-61959 · published 2026-08-06

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.24 and older)

Affected: 6.4.24 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.25 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Subscriber Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Business Directory <= 6.4.24 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-61959 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-57339 · published 2026-06-29

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.23 and older)

Affected: 6.4.23 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.24 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Business Directory <= 6.4.23 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-57339 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-57328 · published 2026-06-29

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.22 and older)

Affected: 6.4.22 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.23 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Subscriber Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Business Directory <= 6.4.22 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-57328 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.1 CVE-2026-57326 · published 2026-06-29

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.22 and older)

Affected: 6.4.22 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.23 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Business Directory <= 6.4.22 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-57326 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.3 CVE-2026-1656 · published 2026-02-18

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.20 and older)

Affected: 6.4.20 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.21 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

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.

NVD CVE-2026-1656 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

high 7.5 CVE-2026-2576 · published 2026-02-18

SQL injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.2 and older)

Affected: 6.4.2 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'payment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

NVD CVE-2026-2576 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 4.9 CVE-2025-64630 · published 2025-12-16

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.19 and older)

Affected: 6.4.19 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.20 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Strategy11 Team Business Directory business-directory-plugin allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Business Directory: from n/a through <= 6.4.19.

NVD CVE-2025-64630 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.3 CVE-2025-67596 · published 2025-12-09

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.19 and older)

Affected: 6.4.19 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.20 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Strategy11 Team Business Directory business-directory-plugin allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Business Directory: from n/a through <= 6.4.19.

NVD CVE-2025-67596 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.3 CVE-2025-64219 · published 2025-10-29

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.18 and older)

Affected: 6.4.18 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.19 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: advisory text · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2025-64219 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.3 CVE-2024-13887 · published 2025-03-13

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.14 and older)

Affected: 6.4.14 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.15 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.14 via the 'ajax_listing_submit_image_upload' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add arbitrary images to listings.

NVD CVE-2024-13887 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

high 8.0 CVE-2023-5527 · published 2024-06-18

CSV injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.3 and older)

Affected: 6.4.3 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.4 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 6.4.3 via the class-csv-exporter.php file. This allows authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to embed untrusted input into CSV files exported by administrators, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.

NVD CVE-2023-5527 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)research.cleantalk.org Plugin source

medium 5.4 CVE-2023-51516 · published 2024-06-14

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.3.9 and older)

Affected: 6.3.9 and older
Fixed in: 6.3.10
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin.This issue affects Business Directory Plugin: from n/a through 6.3.9.

NVD CVE-2023-51516 Patchstack advisory

high 7.5 CVE-2024-4443 · published 2024-05-22

SQL injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.2 and older)

Affected: 6.4.2 and older
Fixed in: 6.4.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘listingfields’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

NVD CVE-2024-4443 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

high 8.8 CVE-2023-5803 · published 2023-11-30

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Business Directory Plugin (6.3.10 and older)

Affected: 6.3.10 and older
Fixed in: 6.3.11 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress allows Cross-Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress: from n/a through 6.3.10.

NVD CVE-2023-5803 Patchstack advisory

Recent activity

2026-10-20 — latest release on wordpress.org (6.4.29).
2026-09-30 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2026-62097), fixed in 6.4.28.
2026-09-30 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-94173), fixed in 6.4.28.
2026-09-03 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-84769), fixed in 6.4.27.

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Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (9) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (4) · SQL injection (3) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (2)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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Is Business Directory Plugin safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (6.4.29)

What to do

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

SQL injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.27 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.27 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.26 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.26 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.25 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.24 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.23 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.22 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.22 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.20 and older)

SQL injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.2 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.19 and older)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.19 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.18 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.14 and older)

CSV injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.3 and older)

Missing authorization check in Business Directory Plugin (6.3.9 and older)

SQL injection in Business Directory Plugin (6.4.2 and older)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Business Directory Plugin (6.3.10 and older)

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