CVE-2025-1657

Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Meta Update and PHP Object Injection

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 15, 2025 at 02:22 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:39 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUlistingDirectory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v ≤ 2.1.7

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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