# CVE-2024-7888: Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin <= 3.1.7 - Missing Authorization

> Authenticated subscribers can modify forms and settings due to missing capability checks in the Classified Listing WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-32pm-mq37-w9xm

## What is CVE-2024-7888?

CVE-2024-7888 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in techlabpro1 Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin, published on 13 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions like export_forms(), import_forms(), update_fb_options(), and many more in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify forms and various other settings.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7888?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Radiustheme Classified Listing.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in techlabpro1 Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin

- [CVE-2024-1315](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1315/): Classified Listing <= 3.0.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Account Takeover via rtcl_update_user_account (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-1352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1352/): Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin <= 3.0.4 - Missing Authorization (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-2654](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2654/): Classima < 2.1.11 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-2655](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2655/): Classified Listing Pro < 2.0.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-37387](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37387/): WordPress Classified Listing Plugin <= 2.4.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7888 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7888 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in techlabpro1 Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin, published on 13 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: techlabpro1 Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7888/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7888
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7888
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7888

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7888/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.