CVE-2023-6139 (GCVE-0-2023-6139)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-03 14:34
VLAI?
Title
Essential Real Estate < 4.4.0 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service via Arbitrary Option Update
Summary
The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 4.4.0 does not apply proper capability checks on its AJAX actions, which among other things, allow attackers with a subscriber account to conduct Denial of Service attacks.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96396a22-f523-4c… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Essential Real Estate Affected: 0 , < 4.4.0 (semver)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL) WPScan
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