CVE-2025-52825
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rameez Iqbal Real Estate Manager WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. This can lead to privilege escalation where attackers gain administrative access. All WordPress sites using Real Estate Manager plugin versions up to 7.3 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Rameez Iqbal Real Estate Manager 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
Attackers gain full administrative control over the WordPress site, allowing them to modify content, install malicious plugins/themes, steal sensitive data, or take over the entire site.
Likely Case
Attackers create new administrator accounts or modify existing user privileges, gaining persistent access to the WordPress backend.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and user awareness, exploitation attempts fail, maintaining normal administrative access controls.
🎯 Exploit Status
CSRF attacks are well-understood and easy to weaponize. Exploit requires social engineering to trick administrators into clicking malicious links.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 7.4 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Real Estate Manager' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. Alternatively, download version 7.4+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd security headers to WordPress to help prevent CSRF attacks
Add to .htaccess: Header set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self'"
Disable Plugin Temporarily
linuxDeactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate real-estate-manager
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and limit administrator accounts to essential personnel only.
- Use browser extensions that block CSRF attempts and educate administrators about phishing risks.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Real Estate Manager for version number. If version is 7.3 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get real-estate-manager --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 7.4 or higher in WordPress admin plugins page.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected administrator account creation in WordPress user logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful privilege changes
- Unusual plugin/theme installations from administrator accounts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to WordPress admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php with privilege escalation parameters
- Requests containing CSRF tokens that don't match session tokens
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (event="user_created" OR event="user_updated") AND user_role="administrator"