VDB-299784 · CVE-2025-1657 · GCVE-0-2025-1657

stylemix Directory Listings WordPress plugin up to 2.1.7 on WordPress Post Meta Data authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in stylemix Directory Listings WordPress plugin up to 2.1.7 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Post Meta Data Handler. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-1657. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in stylemix Directory Listings WordPress plugin up to 2.1.7 on WordPress. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Post Meta Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and PHP Object Injection due to a missing capability check on the stm_listing_ajax AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update post meta data and inject PHP Objects that may be unserialized.

The weakness was shared by Nguyen Tan Phat. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-1657 since 02/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/28/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

stylemix

Name

Directory Listings WordPress plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.8
CNA Vector (Wordfence): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/24/2025 🔍
03/15/2025 +19 days 🔍
03/15/2025 +0 days 🔍
03/28/2025 +13 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Nguyen Tan Phat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-1657 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1657
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299784

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2025 07:47
Updated: 03/28/2025 15:12
Changes: 03/15/2025 07:47 (64), 03/28/2025 15:12 (12)
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