WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2025-12953 Deferred

Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin: A security weakness

Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin
Plugin slug
classified-listing-ai-powered-classified-ads-business-directory-plugin
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 11, 2025
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Nov 11, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical 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.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources