CVE-2025-2224 (GCVE-0-2025-2224)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-25 05:22 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Directorist <= 8.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Publishing
Summary
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'parse_query' function in all versions up to, and including, 8.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the post_status of any post to 'publish'.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-31 18:18 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpwax | Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 8.2
(semver)
|
guessed |
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