CMSJunkie WP-BusinessDirectory Plugin up to 3.1.2 on WordPress path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in CMSJunkie WP-BusinessDirectory Plugin up to 3.1.2 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-32629. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in CMSJunkie WP-BusinessDirectory Plugin up to 3.1.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in CMSJunkie - WordPress Business Directory Plugins WP-BusinessDirectory allows Path Traversal. This issue affects WP-BusinessDirectory: from n/a through 3.1.2.

The weakness was presented by Lvt-tholv2k. The advisory is available at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-32629 since 04/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/11/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• CMSJunkie

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• WP-BusinessDirectory Plugin

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• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2

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