---
id: CVE-2025-7711
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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
  execut…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-94
published: '2025-11-17'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7711'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/classified-listing/tags/5.0.2/app/Controllers/Hooks/FilterHooks.php#L367
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9b10db9-0c7c-4f13-9d98-6d407446cfb8?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00219
epssPercentile: 0.11309
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:15.067Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.