CVE-2025-12174

MEDIUM

Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin <8.5.2 - Privileg...

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3394856/directorist/tags/8.5.3/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/796c0ded-3a23-4dd6-968a-a8e60bd8ea0e?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 6.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

wpwax/Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings < 8.5.2

wpwax/Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads < 8.5.2

Published Nov 19, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026