Description
The Classified Listing WordPress plugin before 6.1.1 does not verify that the caller owns or can edit the target listing before its AI image-editing AJAX action deletes or attaches media, allowing any authenticated user, including a subscriber, to permanently delete attachments from, and attach files to, any listing owned by another user.
Published: 2026-09-04
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The Classified Listing WordPress plugin, before version 6.1.1, allows an authenticated user to trigger an AI image‑editing AJAX action that deletes or attaches media to any listing without verifying ownership or edit rights. As a result, a subscriber can permanently delete attachments from or attach arbitrary files to listings owned by other users, leading to loss of integrity and availability of media and enabling the insertion of potentially harmful content.

Affected Systems

WordPress sites that install the Classified Listing plugin in a release earlier than 6.1.1 are impacted. No other vendors or product versions are listed as affected.

Risk and Exploitability

The EPSS score is not available and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, so public exploitation data is limited. Nevertheless, the flaw constitutes a significant authorization bypass (IDOR) that permits non‑administrator users to modify listing content. The exploitation path requires the attacker to be authenticated, which is typically easy to achieve via legitimate login, and then to call the exposed AJAX endpoint. The impact is high due to the ability to alter or remove media and unintentionally import malicious files; however, no direct code execution is indicated.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 4, 2026 at 07:26 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Classified Listing plugin to version 6.1.1 or later
  • Restrict the AI image‑editing AJAX endpoint so that the plugin verifies the user’s ownership or edit permissions before modifying attachments
  • Consider disabling the image editing feature or enforcing stricter file validation until a vendor patch is applied

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 4, 2026 at 07:26 UTC.

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History

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-639

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Classified Listing WordPress plugin before 6.1.1 does not verify that the caller owns or can edit the target listing before its AI image-editing AJAX action deletes or attaches media, allowing any authenticated user, including a subscriber, to permanently delete attachments from, and attach files to, any listing owned by another user.
Title Classified Listing < 6.1.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Attachment Deletion and Listing Image Tampering via IDOR
References

Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-04T06:00:02.726Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T10:56:42.763Z

Link: CVE-2026-16281

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-04T07:17:08.730

Modified: 2026-09-04T07:17:08.730

Link: CVE-2026-16281

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-04T07:30:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key