How severe is CVE-2025-10488?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

CVE-2025-10488

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file move due to insufficient file path validation in the add_listing_action AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to move arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is moved (such as wp-config.php).

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wpwax Directorist: Ai-powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-10488?: CVE-2025-10488 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-10488?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.