CVE-2025-63039
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro listingpro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ListingPro: from n/a through <= 2.9.9.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the ListingPro WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to access functionality beyond their intended privilege level due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before performing certain operations.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if ListingPro plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/listingpro-plugin directory. Note the installed version number if visible.Affected if ListingPro plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Verify the current user role and capability configurationGo to WordPress admin > Users > Roles and Capabilities section. Review the capabilities assigned to subscriber, contributor, and author roles. Check if any custom roles exist with elevated permissions.Affected if Lower-privileged users (subscriber, contributor, author) have administrative or editor-level capabilities assigned
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Test for missing capability checks on plugin AJAX actionsUse browser developer tools or a tool like Burp Suite to intercept requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. Submit requests with actions related to listingpro (search for 'lp_' or 'listingpro' in action parameters) while logged in as a low-privilege user (subscriber role). Observe if the actions execute without permission errors.Affected if AJAX actions from ListingPro execute successfully for users lacking administrative privileges
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Check for unauthorized listing modification capabilitiesLog in as a subscriber or contributor user. Attempt to create, edit, or delete listings using the front-end listing submission forms. Note whether these operations succeed without proper authorization.Affected if Non-admin users can create, edit, or delete listings through the plugin interface
If the ListingPro plugin is active and low-privilege users can perform administrative or cross-user operations (creating/editing others listings, accessing admin AJAX functions), the site is affected by this authorization bypass.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper WordPress capability checks (current_user_can) and nonce verification on all sensitive functions. Review and fix the access control configuration to ensure users can only access features appropriate to their role.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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