CVE-2025-1657 Missing authorization in Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing

High 8.8 Published 15 Mar 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can modify post metadata and trigger PHP object injection due to missing capability checks in the uListing 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-2025-1657?

CVE-2025-1657 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stylemix Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing, published on 15 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and PHP Object Injection due to a missing capability check on the stm_listing_ajax AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update post meta data and inject PHP Objects that may be unserialized. A capability check was added in 2.1.8, but the unserialize is still present.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1657?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Stylemixthemes Ulisting.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1657?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1657 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-2025-1657 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1657 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2pvf-46qr-hp98.