Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Move

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-10488
CVSS High (8.1)
Publicly Published October 24, 2025
Last Updated October 25, 2025
Researcher Arkadiusz Hydzik
Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file move due to insufficient file path validation in the add_listing_action AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to move arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is moved (such as wp-config.php).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug directorist (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 8.4.8
Patched Version
  • 8.4.9
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