The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and PHP Object Injection due to a missing capability check on the stm_listing_ajax AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update post meta data and inject PHP Objects that may be unserialized.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-6616 The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and PHP Object Injection due to a missing capability check on the stm_listing_ajax AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update post meta data and inject PHP Objects that may be unserialized.
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History

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

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00054}

epss

{'score': 0.00074}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Stylemixthemes
Stylemixthemes ulisting
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 unauthorized modification of data and PHP Object Injection due to a missing capability check on the stm_listing_ajax AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update post meta data and inject PHP Objects that may be unserialized.
Title Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing <= 2.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Meta Update and PHP Object Injection
Weaknesses CWE-862
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: 2025-03-17T21:28:49.471Z

Reserved: 2025-02-24T20:05:09.999Z

Link: CVE-2025-1657

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-17T21:26:05.613Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-15T03:15:34.600

Modified: 2025-03-28T12:59:00.413

Link: CVE-2025-1657

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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