---
id: CVE-2025-9874
title: >-
  The Ultimate Classified Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local
  File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6 via the
  'uclwp_dashboard' shortcode
summary: >-
  The Ultimate Classified Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local
  File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6 via the
  'uclwp_dashboard' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated
  attackers, with Contribut…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-98
published: '2025-09-11'
updated: '2026-09-26'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-26T00:10:00.127'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9874'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-classified-listings/tags/1.7/classes/class-shortcodes.php#L49
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-classified-listings/trunk/classes/class-shortcodes.php#L49
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cf6421c-7b92-4624-9c8a-2a2ab0ca9b28?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0058
epssPercentile: 0.45341
ingestedAt: '2026-09-26T00:22:39.918Z'
---

## Overview

The Ultimate Classified Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6 via the 'uclwp_dashboard' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included.

## Remediation

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