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CVE-2025-12174: Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Export and Slug Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-11-19 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-862

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.

Affected products

• wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: through 8.5.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3394856/directorist/tags/8.5.3/includes/classes/class-ajax-handler.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/796c0ded-3a23-4dd6-968a-a8e60bd8ea0e?source=cve

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