CVE-2025-1657

HIGH

uListing < 2.2.0 - Authenticated PHP Object Injection & Data Modification via stm_listing_ajax

Title source: llm

Description

The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and PHP Object Injection due to a missing capability check on the stm_listing_ajax AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update post meta data and inject PHP Objects that may be unserialized. A capability check was added in 2.1.8, but the unserialize is still present.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3261184/ulisting/trunk/includes/classes/StmListing.php

Product

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ulisting/

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e70184f-94b6-4742-b99b-6eec9d28f17c?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0040

EPSS Percentile 32.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

stylemix/Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing < 2.2.0

stylemixthemes/ulisting < 2.1.7

Published Mar 15, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026