CVE-2025-1570: Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.1 - Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover via Weak OTP
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-1570
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
Vendor: wpwax
Product: Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.15% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 22.59% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-29 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1570https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/853562ed-7f2e-453c-b3d0-67c90bd0231f?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3246340/directorist