CVE-2025-1657: Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing <= 2.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Meta Update and PHP O...
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, 2.1.7. 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-1657
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-862 Missing AuthorizationAffected Products
Vendor: stylemix
Product: Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 9.13% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-12 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1657https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e70184f-94b6-4742-b99b-6eec9d28f17c?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ulisting/