How severe is CVE-2025-12174?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

CVE-2025-12174

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12174?: CVE-2025-12174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist: Ai-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-12174?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.