CVE-2025-1570: Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.1 - Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover via Weak OTP

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-640

Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 8.1. This is due to the directorist_generate_password_reset_pin_code() and reset_user_password() functions not having enough controls to prevent a successful brute force attack of the OTP to change a password, or verify that a password reset request came from an authorized user. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to generate and brute force an OTP that makes it possible to change any users passwords, including an administrator.

Affected products

wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: before 8.2 — fixed in 8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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