Directory Listings: Code execution
Directory Listings is affected by code execution. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.
- Component
- Directory Listings
- Plugin slug
ulisting- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 15, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Mar 15, 2025 and is one of 27 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Directory 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 Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and PHP Object Injection due to a missing capability check on the stm_listing_ajax AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update post meta data and inject PHP Objects that may be unserialized. A capability check was added in 2.1.8, but the unserialize is still present.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H