CVE-2025-2224

MEDIUM EPSS 30.6%
Published Mar 25, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 25, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w 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'.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
30.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

References 5

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L912
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L942
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/trunk/includes/classes/class-add-listing.php#L960
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3260639/
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/684e6a97-b884-4d25-99f1-81c2a43f1239?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.