Directorist – AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.0.12 - Unauthenticated User Information Exposure

Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-12041
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 31, 2025
Last Updated February 1, 2025
Researcher shaman0x01
Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.12 via the /wp-json/directorist/v1/users/ endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including including usernames, email addresses, names, and more information about users.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug directorist (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 8.0.12
Patched Version
  • 8.1
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