Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-2224Directorist <= 8.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Publishing
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads from wpwax. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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'.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpwax | Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads | 0 – through 8.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/684e6a97-b884-4d25-99f1-81c2a43f1239?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L912
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L942
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L960
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3260639/