GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory <= 2.8.139 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Image Attachment

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2025-12833
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published November 11, 2025
Last Updated November 12, 2025
Researcher DityaRA
Description

The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.139 via the 'post_attachment_upload' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to attach arbitrary image files to arbitrary places.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug geodirectory (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.139
Patched Version
  • 2.8.140
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