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CVE-2025-12953: Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin <= 5.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Listing Types Tampering

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2025-11-11 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the "rtcl_ajax_add_listing_type", "rtcl_ajax_update_listing_type", and "rtcl_ajax_delete_listing_type" function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to add, update, or delete listing types.

Affected products

• RadiusTheme Classified Listing: through 5.2.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3389342/classified-listing/trunk/app/Controllers/Ajax/AjaxListingType.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/811f147e-5829-4f7e-91d8-9dba780950d5?source=cve

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