CVE-2025-12174: Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'directorist_prepare_listings_export_file' and 'directorist_type_slug_change' AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export listing details and change the directorist slug.

Affected products

• Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads: up to and including 8.5.2

Published 2025-11-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.