CVE-2025-22245.3MediumCWE-862

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

wpwax · Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

Affected: wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

36th percentile

050100

Higher than 36% of scored CVEs

5.3MediumCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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 products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

wpwax · Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Adsup to and including 8.2

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Missing Authorization · Access Control
Vendor: wpwax
Published: March 2025
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), March 2025

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