5.3Medium

CVE-2025-2224Directorist <= 8.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Publishing

wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Published: 2025-03-25 08:22 (1 year ago)

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'.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-862

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
wpwax	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	≤ 8.2

References and patches

CVSS score

5.3Medium

Source: Wordfence · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

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

All scores (2)

cna	CVSS 3.1	5.3Medium
security@wordfence.com	CVSS 3.1	5.3Medium

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.42%

higher than 37% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Timeline

ID reserved2025-03-11
Published2025-03-25 08:22
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:57
Last updated2026-06-17 12:06

Assigned by (CNA): Wordfence
NVD status: Deferred

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

Get told when these products get a new vulnerability

Turn on email alerts

Free · with an account · switch off any time

Recent CVEs in the same product — WordPress plugins & themes

7.1High

CVE-2026-119517 3 hours ago

WordPress Catna – Woo Name Your Price and Offers plugin <= 2.0.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

VillaTheme Catna – Woo Name Your Price and Offers

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in VillaTheme Catna – Woo Name Your Price and Offers catna-woo-name-your-price-and-offers allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Catna – Woo Name Your Price an…

9.3Critical

CVE-2026-124415 3 hours ago

WordPress Alex Reservations plugin <= 2.4.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Alejandro Alex Reservations

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Alejandro Alex Reservations alex-reservations allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Alex Reservations: from n/a through 2.4.8.

5.3Medium

CVE-2026-125432 3 hours ago

WordPress reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.4.7 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

RelyWP reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in RelyWP reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce recaptcha-woo allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.4.7.

8.5High

CVE-2026-124265 3 hours ago

WordPress Newsletters plugin <= 4.18.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Tribulant Software Newsletters

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Tribulant Software Newsletters newsletters-lite allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Newsletters: from n/a through 4.18.1.

7.5High

CVE-2026-124267 3 hours ago

WordPress Gmail SMTP plugin <= 1.2.3.23 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Noor Alam Gmail SMTP

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Noor Alam Gmail SMTP gmail-smtp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Gmail SMTP: from n/a through 1.2.3.23.

7.1High

CVE-2026-124410 3 hours ago

WordPress Translate and boost SEO – Automatic AI translation – wpLingua plugin <= 3.1.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

wpLingua Translation Service Translate and boost SEO – Automatic AI translation – wpLingua

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in wpLingua Translation Service Translate and boost SEO – Automatic AI translation – wpLingua wplingua allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Translat…