Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in uListing Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-1653

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Directory Listings WordPress Plugin – Ulisting
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 March 2025

What is CVE-2025-1653?

The uListing plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a serious vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator. This flaw stems from inadequate restrictions on the user meta that can be updated via the stm_listing_profile_edit AJAX action. As a result, attackers could exploit this weakness to gain unauthorized access and control over sensitive admin-level functionalities. It is crucial for users to update to the latest version to mitigate potential risks.

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Affected Version(s)

Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing * <= 2.1.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ulisting/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Nguyen Tan Phat
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