CVE-2025-5117: Property 1.0.5 - 1.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation via property_package_user_role Metadata in PayPal Re...
Description
The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author‐level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator by creating a package post whose property_package_user_role is set to administrator and then submitting the PayPal registration form.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-5117
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-862 Missing AuthorizationAffected Products
Vendor: themeglow
Product: Property – Real Estate Directory Listing
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 14.25% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5117https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df48f7f9-7bc9-4f9b-b9b5-6bfb86309030?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/property/tags/1.0.6/admin/pages/payment-inc/paypal-submit.php#L128
https://wordpress.org/plugins/property/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/property/tags/1.0.6/property.php#L1964
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3299714/