CVE-2025-12577 Missing authorization in Listar – Directory Listing & Classifieds WordPress Plugin
Authenticated subscribers can modify listing details due to missing capability checks in the Listar WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12577?
CVE-2025-12577 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in passionui Listar – Directory Listing & Classifieds WordPress Plugin, published on 6 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Listar – Directory Listing & Classifieds WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the '/wp-json/listar/v1/place/save' REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update listing details.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12577?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12577?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12577 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12577 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12577 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jrcv-5r3m-cwr3.