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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

Published: Nov 19, 2025Updated: Nov 19, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-862
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
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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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

wpwax
commercialaka directorist: ai-powered business directory, listings & classified ads, legal pages, directorist
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified AdsOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

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

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