Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings: A security weakness
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings
- Plugin slug
directorist- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 25, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Mar 25, 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 unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'parse_query' function in all versions up to, and including, 8.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the post_status of any post to 'publish'.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N