High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-10488

Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file move due to insufficient file path validation in the add_listing_action AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to move arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is moved (such as wp-config.php).

Affected products

WordPress/Directoristinferred
Range: <=8.4.8
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/directorist

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/directorist/tags/8.4.5/includes/classes/class-add-listing.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2249ef72-9955-4636-b32f-e88720923268nvd

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