Essential Real Estate < 4.4.0 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service via Arbitrary Option Update
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 4.4.0 does not apply proper capability checks on its AJAX actions, which among other things, allow attackers with a subscriber account to conduct Denial of Service attacks.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Essential Real Estate | before 4.4.0 | 4.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Essential Real Estate VendorUnknown Affected before 4.4.0 Fixed in 4.4.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Essential Real Estate (Unknown) Fixed in 4.4.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Essential Real Estate 4.4.0
3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-05645 Essential Real Estate < 4.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File UploadPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2023-05646 Essential Real Estate < 4.4.0 - Subscriber+ Stored XSSPriority LOW 25
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6139
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gm6c-33w6-46gc
References
More G5plus Essential Real Estate vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05645 Essential Real Estate < 4.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-30496 WordPress Essential Real Estate plugin <= 5.2.9 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22119 WordPress Essential Real Estate plugin <= 5.2.0 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-06234 Essential Real Estate <= 4.3.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-03978 Essential Real Estate <= 4.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2023-05646 Essential Real Estate < 4.4.0 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-6139 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6139 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gm6c-33w6-46gc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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