5.3

CVE-2025-2224: wordpress directorist Missing Authorization

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 25-03-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2224 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Missing Authorization vulnerability in wordpress directorist. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 8.3.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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'.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.40% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • directorist≤ 8.2 (fixed in 8.3)
Wpwax1 product
  • directorist: ai-powered business directory, listings & classified ads≤ 8.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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