CVE-2025-66127
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin that allows attackers to bypass access controls. It affects all versions up to and including 5.2.2, potentially enabling unauthorized access to restricted functionality. WordPress sites using this plugin are vulnerable.
💻 Affected Systems
- Essential Real Estate 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 could modify or delete real estate listings, access sensitive user data, or manipulate administrative functions without proper authentication.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users accessing or modifying real estate listings they shouldn't have permission to view or edit.
If Mitigated
Proper role-based access controls prevent unauthorized actions, limiting impact to intended functionality.
🎯 Exploit Status
Missing authorization vulnerabilities typically require minimal technical skill to exploit once the attack vector is identified.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: >5.2.2
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Essential Real Estate plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin until patched version is released.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate essential-real-estate
Access Restriction via .htaccess
linuxRestrict access to plugin directories if not needed
# Add to .htaccess in wp-content/plugins/essential-real-estate/
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block suspicious access patterns to plugin endpoints
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for unauthorized access attempts to plugin functionality
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Essential Real Estate version <=5.2.2Check Version:
wp plugin get essential-real-estate --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is >5.2.2 in WordPress admin panel and test access controls for restricted functionality📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to plugin-specific endpoints
- 403/401 errors followed by successful 200 responses to same endpoints
- User role escalation attempts
Network Indicators:
- Unusual HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/essential-real-estate/ endpoints from unauthorized IPs
- POST requests to admin-ajax.php with suspicious action parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/essential-real-estate/" OR plugin="essential-real-estate") AND (response_code=200 OR response_code=403) AND user_role!="administrator"