CVE-2025-1653HIGH 8.8EPSS p38.0%
CVE-2025-1653CVE-2025-1653
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.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.49% probability of exploitation · percentile 38.0% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2025-03-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-08 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Incorrect Privilege Assignmentcwe-266 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
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