CVE-2025-12953 Missing authorization in Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin
Authenticated subscribers can tamper with listing types due to missing capability checks in the Classified Listing 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-2025-12953?
CVE-2025-12953 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in techlabpro1 Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin, published on 11 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the "rtcl_ajax_add_listing_type", "rtcl_ajax_update_listing_type", and "rtcl_ajax_delete_listing_type" function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to add, update, or delete listing types.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12953?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12953?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12953 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-2025-12953 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12953 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7wvf-5wq5-6c4g.