High severity · published Mar 15, 2025
CVE-2025-1657
Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Meta Update and PHP Object Injection
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing · stylemix
through 2.2.0 · source: vendor
UL
Ulisting · Stylemixthemes
through 2.1.7 · source: NVD
Affected product
DL
Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing
stylemix
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1657
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1657
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3261184/ulisting/trunk/includes/classes/StmListing.php
Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ulisting/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e70184f-94b6-4742-b99b-6eec9d28f17c?source=cve
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