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.
History

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
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Wpwax
Wpwax directorist
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpwax
Wpwax directorist

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Export and Slug Update
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-11-19T05:45:14.157Z

Updated: 2025-11-19T20:31:28.154Z

Reserved: 2025-10-24T15:42:34.711Z

Link: CVE-2025-12174

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-19T06:15:45.697

Modified: 2025-11-19T19:14:59.327

Link: CVE-2025-12174

cve-icon Redhat

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