CVE-2025-7711 Code injection in Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes in the Classified Listing plugin due to improper validation, potentially leading to code execution.

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-2025-7711?

CVE-2025-7711 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in techlabpro1 Classified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin, published on 17 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The The Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7711?

How do I fix CVE-2025-7711?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7711 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2025-7711 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p3wx-xh7w-q769.

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