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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-10488: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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.