CVE-2025-12833 Missing authorization in GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory
Authenticated attackers with author-level access can attach arbitrary image files to arbitrary posts due to missing authorization checks in the GeoDirectory 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-2025-12833?
CVE-2025-12833 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory, published on 12 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.139 via the 'post_attachment_upload' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to attach arbitrary image files to arbitrary places.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12833?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12833?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12833 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-2025-12833 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12833 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pmjc-x5xh-p27v.