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Nov 11, 2025

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2025-10488

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-10488

Date
Oct 25, 2025
Research Description
The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file move due to insufficient file path validation in the add_listing_action AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to move arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is moved (such as wp-config.php).
Affected versions
max 8.4.9.
Status
vulnerable
Mar 26, 2025

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2025-2224

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-2224

Date
Mar 25, 2025
Research 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'.
Affected versions
max 8.3.
Status
vulnerable
Feb 28, 2025

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2025-1570

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-1570

Date
Feb 28, 2025
Research 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.
Affected versions
max 8.2.
Status
vulnerable
Feb 03, 2025

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2024-12041

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2024-12041

Date
Feb 01, 2025
Research Description
The Directorist: AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.12 via the /wp-json/directorist/v1/users/ endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including including usernames, email addresses, names, and more information about users.
Affected versions
max 8.1.
Status
vulnerable
Jan 10, 2025

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2023-35052

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2023-35052

Date
Dec 13, 2024
Research Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in wpWax - WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory Directorist allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Directorist: from n/a through 7.5.4.
Affected versions
max 7.5.5.
Status
vulnerable
Jun 07, 2024

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2022-2046

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2022-2046

Date
Aug 08, 2022
Research Description
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.2.3 allows administrators to download other plugins from the same vendor directly to the site, but does not check the URL domain it gets the zip files from. This could allow administrators to run code on the server, which is a problem in multisite configurations.
Affected versions
max 7.2.3.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2022-2377

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2022-2377

Date
Aug 22, 2022
Research Description
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.3.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users to send arbitrary emails on behalf of the blog
Affected versions
max 7.3.0.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2022-3930

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2022-3930

Date
Dec 12, 2022
Research Description
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.4.2.2 suffers from an IDOR vulnerability which an attacker can exploit to change the password of arbitrary users instead of his own.
Affected versions
max 7.4.2.2.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2023-1888

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2023-1888

Date
Jun 09, 2023
Research Description
The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an arbitrary user password reset in versions up to, and including, 7.5.4. This is due to a lack of validation checks within login.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to reset the password of an arbitrary user and gain elevated (e.g., administrator) privileges.
Affected versions
max 7.5.5.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2023-1889

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2023-1889

Date
Jun 09, 2023
Research Description
The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 7.5.4. This is due to improper validation and authorization checks within the listing_task function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete arbitrary posts.
Affected versions
max 7.5.5.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2023-2252

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2023-2252

Date
Jan 16, 2024
Research Description
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.5.4 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion as it does not validate the file parameter when importing CSV files.
Affected versions
max 7.7.2.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2021-24981

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2021-24981

Date
Dec 21, 2021
Research Description
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.
Affected versions
max 7.0.6.2.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2022-2376

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2022-2376

Date
Sep 05, 2022
Research Description
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.3.1 discloses the email address of all users in an AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and any authenticated users
Affected versions
max 7.3.1.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2022-3961

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2022-3961

Date
Dec 19, 2022
Research Description
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.4.4 does not prevent users with low privileges (like subscribers) from accessing sensitive system information.
Affected versions
max 7.4.4.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2023-41798

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2023-41798

Date
Nov 07, 2023
Research Description
Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File vulnerability in wpWax Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listing.This issue affects Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings: from n/a through 7.7.1.
Affected versions
max 7.7.2.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2024-1322

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2024-1322

Date
Feb 29, 2024
Research Description
The Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'setup_wizard' function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to recreate default pages and enable or disable monetization and change map provider.
Affected versions
max 7.8.5.
Status
vulnerable

Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings # CVE-2024-33929

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2024-33929

Date
May 03, 2024
Research Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in wpWax Directorist.This issue affects Directorist: from n/a through 7.8.6.
Affected versions
max 7.9.0.
Status
vulnerable