CVE-2025-3610
📋 TL;DR
The Reales WP STPT WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to change arbitrary users' passwords and email addresses, including administrators, leading to account takeover and privilege escalation. When combined with CVE-2025-3609, this can enable remote code execution from an unauthenticated state. All WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 2.1.2 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Reales WP STPT WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site compromise via administrator account takeover leading to remote code execution, data theft, defacement, and malware installation.
Likely Case
Privilege escalation leading to unauthorized administrative access, user data compromise, and potential content manipulation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper access controls, monitoring, and network segmentation are in place, though risk remains until patched.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is straightforward. Combined with CVE-2025-3609, unauthenticated attackers can achieve RCE.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.1.3 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/reales-wp-real-estate-wordpress-theme/10330568
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Reales WP STPT' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 2.1.3+ from vendor and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Vulnerable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the Reales WP STPT plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate reales-wp-stpt
Restrict User Registration
allDisable new user registration to prevent attacker account creation.
Update WordPress Settings → General → Membership: Uncheck 'Anyone can register'
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit WordPress admin interface exposure
- Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring for user profile modification attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Reales WP STPT' version 2.1.2 or lower.Check Version:
wp plugin get reales-wp-stpt --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 2.1.3 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual user profile modifications, especially password/email changes for admin accounts
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login from new IP
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/user-edit.php or plugin-specific endpoints with user ID parameter manipulation
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="profile_update" OR event="password_reset") AND user_role="administrator"