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CVE-2025-1653 The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all…

Description

The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This is due to the stm_listing_profile_edit AJAX action not having enough restriction on the user meta that can be updated. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing 2.2 earliest → 2.2.0 No fix stated
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