CVE-2025-12174 (GCVE-0-2025-12174)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-19 05:45 – Updated: 2025-11-19 20:31
VLAI?
Summary
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'directorist_prepare_listings_export_file' and 'directorist_type_slug_change' AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export listing details and change the directorist slug.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpwax | Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings |
Affected:
* , ≤ 8.5.2
(semver)
|
Credits
Rafshanzani Suhada
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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