# CVE-2025-12174: Missing authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

> Authenticated subscribers can export listing details and change slugs due to missing capability checks in the Directorist WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c532-ghjf-67g6

## What is CVE-2025-12174?

CVE-2025-12174 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, published on 19 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the 'directorist_prepare_listings_export_file' and 'directorist_type_slug_change' AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export listing details and change the directorist slug.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12174?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-12174?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12174 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12174 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12174 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads, published on 19 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads. 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-2025-12174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12174/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12174
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12174
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12174

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12174/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.