Simple Business Directory Pro < 15.6.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE CVE-2025-31918
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published May 22, 2025
Last Updated February 25, 2026
Researcher Phat RiO - BlueRock
Description

The Simple Business Directory Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and excluding, 15.6.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-business-directory-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 15.6.9
Patched Version
  • 15.6.9
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