CVE-2024-13421: Real Estate 7 WordPress <= 3.5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator

9.8 CVSS

Description

The Real Estate 7 WordPress theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles allowed to be selected during registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new administrative user account.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13421

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: contempoinc

Product: Real Estate 7 WordPress

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 30.59% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-13 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a50b3304-d55b-487a-8137-d5083c704cf4?source=cve
https://themeforest.net/item/wp-pro-real-estate-7-responsive-real-estate-wordpress-theme/12473778
https://contempothemes.com/changelog/

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