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. The published affected range is <= 5.3.10.

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
Affected: <= 5.3.10
Safe version: > 5.3.10
Published: May 15, 2026
Weakness: CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published May 15, 2026 and is one of 25 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin to a release after 5.3.10, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

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.

Source record

Technical description

The Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.10. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add arbitrary notes to any order and trigger unsolicited notification and moderation emails to listing owners without administrative authorization.

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

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources