CVE-2025-2237 (GCVE-0-2025-2237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-01 11:12 – Updated: 2025-04-01 13:30
VLAI?
Title
WP RealEstate <= 1.6.26 - Authentication Bypass via 'process_register'
Summary
The WP RealEstate plugin for WordPress, used by the Homeo theme, is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.26. This is due to insufficient role restrictions in the 'process_register' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an account with the Administrator role.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ApusThemes WP RealEstate Affected: * , ≤ 1.6.26 (semver)
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Credits
Tonn
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