The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the stm_listing_profile_edit AJAX action not having enough restriction on the user meta that can be updated. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-6617 The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the stm_listing_profile_edit AJAX action not having enough restriction on the user meta that can be updated. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00075}

epss

{'score': 0.00025}


Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00055}

epss

{'score': 0.00075}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Stylemixthemes
Stylemixthemes ulisting
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:stylemixthemes:ulisting:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Stylemixthemes
Stylemixthemes ulisting

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:45:00 +0000

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Description The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the stm_listing_profile_edit AJAX action not having enough restriction on the user meta that can be updated. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Title Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing <= 2.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-17T21:28:43.240Z

Reserved: 2025-02-24T19:46:26.647Z

Link: CVE-2025-1653

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-17T21:26:02.993Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-15T03:15:34.457

Modified: 2025-03-28T13:17:33.270

Link: CVE-2025-1653

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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