PT-2025-12737 · WordPress · The Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory Plugin With Classified Ads Listings

Michael Mazzolini · Published 2025-03-25 · Updated 2025-03-25 · CVE-2025-2224

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 8.2

Description The issue allows unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the parse query function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the post status of any post to 'publish'.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 8.2, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check in the parse query function to prevent unauthorized data modification. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the parse query function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-2224

Affected Products

The Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory Plugin With Classified Ads Listings

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2224 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L942 · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19846 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/21059 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1904410617517355387 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3260639 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L912 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/684e6a97-b884-4d25-99f1-81c2a43f1239?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L960 · Note