CVE-2025-68071
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin that allows attackers to bypass authorization by manipulating user-controlled keys. Attackers can access or modify data they shouldn't have permission to view. This affects all WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the Essential Real Estate plugin.
💻 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 access, modify, or delete sensitive real estate listings, user data, or administrative functions, potentially leading to data breach, content manipulation, or privilege escalation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized viewing or modification of real estate listings, user profiles, or other plugin data that should be restricted to authorized users only.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper access controls, but still potential for information disclosure of non-critical data.
🎯 Exploit Status
IDOR vulnerabilities typically require some level of user access but are easy to exploit once discovered. Attackers can manipulate object references in URLs or parameters.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 5.2.3 or later
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 appears, manually download version 5.2.3+ from WordPress.org and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate essential-real-estate
Web Application Firewall Rules
allImplement WAF rules to detect and block IDOR patterns
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement additional access control checks at application level
- Restrict plugin access to trusted users only using WordPress roles and capabilities
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Essential Real Estate > Version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin get essential-real-estate --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 5.2.3 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to plugin endpoints
- Failed authorization attempts followed by successful access
- Requests with manipulated ID parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with sequential or predictable object IDs
- Unauthorized access to protected plugin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/essential-real-estate" OR user_agent CONTAINS "essential-real-estate") AND (status_code=200 OR status_code=403) | stats count by client_ip, uri_path