What is CVE-2024-12041?

CVE-2024-12041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist, classified under Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-12041?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12041 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist

CVE-2024-12041

The Directorist: AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.12 via the /wp-json/directorist/v1/users/ endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including including usernames, email addresses, names, and more information about users.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-359 — Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12041?: CVE-2024-12041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist, classified under Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-12041?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12041 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.