{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12833 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12833 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12833 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: paoltaia GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12833/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12833/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-12833","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12833/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-12833","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pmjc-x5xh-p27v"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers with author-level access can attach arbitrary image files to arbitrary posts due to missing authorization checks in the GeoDirectory plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-639","name":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Missing authorization in GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory","id":"CVE-2025-12833","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Accept Stripe Payments Using Contact Form 7 \u003c= 3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via failure_message","id":"CVE-2025-12834"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server Server-Side Request Forgery","id":"CVE-2025-12832"},"products":["GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory"],"published":"2025-11-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["paoltaia"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers with author-level access can attach arbitrary image files to arbitrary posts due to missing authorization checks in the GeoDirectory plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12833/"}