PT-2025-1733 · WordPress · The Directorist: Ai-Powered Wordpress Business Directory Plugin With Classified Ads Listings

Khayal Farzaliyev + 1 · Published 2025-02-01 · Updated 2025-03-02 · CVE-2024-12041

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 WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 8.0.12

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data, including usernames, email addresses, names, and more information about users, via the "/wp-json/directorist/v1/users/" endpoint.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 8.0.12, update to a version higher than 8.0.12 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/wp-json/directorist/v1/users/" endpoint until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-359

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12041

Affected Products

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

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12041 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3231156/directorist/tags/8.1/includes/rest-api/Version1/class-users-controller.php · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/taqtics_ai/status/1895995250893611429 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/16996 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1885566311176245639 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0d9817ff-ca56-4941-97bc-f26defe7ddd5?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/109582 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208874/directorist/tags/8.0.9/includes/rest-api/Version1/class-users-controller.php · Note