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vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: directorist: CVE-2024-12041: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 31, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Directorist: AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.12 via the /wp-json/directorist/v1/users/ endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including including usernames, email addresses, names, and more information about users.

Solution

directorist-plugin-cve-2024-12041
Title
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