CVE-2025-6994
📋 TL;DR
The Reveal Listing WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to register accounts with administrator privileges by manipulating the 'listing_user_role' field during registration. This affects all WordPress sites using Reveal Listing plugin versions up to and including 3.3. Attackers can gain full control of vulnerable WordPress installations.
💻 Affected Systems
- Reveal Listing WordPress Plugin by smartdatasoft
⚠️ 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 compromise of WordPress site with attacker gaining administrator access, allowing them to install backdoors, modify content, steal data, and potentially pivot to other systems.
Likely Case
Attackers create administrator accounts and take control of the WordPress site, defacing content, installing malware, or establishing persistence for further attacks.
If Mitigated
If user registration is disabled or properly restricted, the attack surface is significantly reduced, though other authentication bypass vectors might still exist.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires only HTTP POST requests to user registration endpoints with modified role parameters. No authentication or special conditions needed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version 3.4 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/reveal-directory-listing-wordpress-theme/27704330
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Reveal Listing' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable User Registration
allDisable WordPress user registration to prevent exploitation via this vector.
Navigate to WordPress Settings → General → Membership → Uncheck 'Anyone can register'
Remove Plugin
allCompletely remove the vulnerable plugin if patching is not immediately possible.
Navigate to WordPress Plugins → Installed Plugins → Deactivate and Delete 'Reveal Listing' plugin
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable WordPress user registration immediately via Settings → General → Membership
- Implement web application firewall rules to block requests containing 'listing_user_role' parameter
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins → Reveal Listing version. If version is 3.3 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
Check WordPress admin panel or use wp-cli: wp plugin list --name='reveal-listing' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 3.4 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-login.php?action=register containing 'listing_user_role' parameter
- New user registrations with administrator role
- Failed login attempts followed by successful registration
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to user registration endpoints with role manipulation parameters
- Unusual traffic patterns to registration pages
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/wp-login.php" AND action="register") AND (post_param="listing_user_role" OR post_param="role")