Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings
- Plugin slug
directorist- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 28, 2025
This CVE was published Feb 28, 2025 and is one of 21 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings 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 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H