CVE DATABASE / CVE-2025-2224
CVE-2025-2224
CVSS 5.3 · MEDIUM
Summary
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 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 5.3 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | 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 |
Weakness type (CWE)
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References
- 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/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/684e6a97-b884-4d25-99f1-81c2a43f1239?source=cve
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-15. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.