Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Move

8.1
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-10488
CVSS 8.1 (High)
Publicly Published October 24, 2025
Last Updated October 25, 2025
Researcher Arkadiusz Hydzik

Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file move due to insufficient file path validation in the add_listing_action AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to move arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is moved (such as wp-config.php).

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Vulnerability Details for Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug directorist (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 8.4.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 8.4.8
Patched Version
  • 8.4.9

Recent vulnerabilities in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Directorist <= 8.5.10 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-39509 5.3 johska February 22, 2026
2 Directorist <= 8.6.6 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-68069 4.3 daroo January 27, 2026
3 Directorist <= 8.6.6 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect CVE-2025-64250 5.8 daroo December 15, 2025
4 Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Export and Slug Update CVE-2025-12174 6.5 Rafshanzani Suhada November 18, 2025
5 Directorist <= 8.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Publishing CVE-2025-2224 5.3 mikemyers March 24, 2025
6 Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.1 - Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover via Weak OTP CVE-2025-1570 8.1 wesley (wcraft) February 27, 2025
7 Directorist – AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings <= 8.0.12 - Unauthenticated User Information Exposure CVE-2024-12041 5.3 shaman0x01 January 31, 2025
8 Directorist <= 7.8.6 - Missing Authorization CVE-2024-33929 5.3 Dhabaleshwar Das April 29, 2024
9 Directorist <= 7.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Change CVE-2024-1322 5.3 Lucio Sá February 12, 2024
10 Directorist <= 7.7.1 - CSV Injection CVE-2023-41798 3.8 Rafshanzani Suhada September 5, 2023

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