TI-2025-01351 Aliases CVE-2025-1570 GHSA-cq63-2g3g-qjf5

Weak password recovery in wpWax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings &…

MEDIUM 43CWE-640Published 2025-02-28 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-640.

Summary

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 8.1. This is due to the directorist_generate_password_reset_pin_code() and reset_user_password() functions not having enough controls to prevent a successful brute force attack of the OTP to change a password, or verify that a password reset request came from an authorized user. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to generate and brute force an OTP that makes it possible to change any users passwords, including an administrator.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00444 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
wpWax	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads	up to 8.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads VendorwpWax Affected up to 8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpwax:directorist::::::wordpress::*	before 8.2	Vulnerable	wpWax

cpe:2.3:a:wpwax:directorist:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 8.2 Vulnerable ·wpWax

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1570
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cq63-2g3g-qjf5

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/853562ed-7f2e-453c-b3d0-67c90bd0231f?source=cve

Other 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3246340/directorist

TI-2022-03630 Directorist < 7.4.4 - Subscriber+ Sensitive Information Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2022-03605 Directorist < 7.4.2.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary User Password Update via IDOR CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-02111 Directorist < 7.5.4 - Admin+ LFI CVSS 3.1LOW 2.7
TI-2023-01774 Directorist <= 7.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Password Reset to Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-22198 WordPress Directorist Plugin <= 7.7.1 is vulnerable to CSV Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-07260 Directorist – Business Directory Plugin < 7.0.6.2 - CSRF to Remote File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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