Real Estate 7 WordPress <= 3.5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
The Real Estate 7 WordPress theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles allowed to be selected during registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new administrative user account.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00775 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| contempoinc | Real Estate 7 WordPress | up to 3.5.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Real Estate 7 WordPress Vendorcontempoinc Affected up to 3.5.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:contempothemes:real_estate_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 3.5.2 | Vulnerable | contempoinc |
- cpe:2.3:a:contempothemes:real_estate_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.5.2 Vulnerable ·contempoinc
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-13421
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f8c-x4ph-c49p
References
More contempoinc Real Estate 7 vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06679 Real Estate 7 < 3.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-23351 WordPress Real Estate 7 Theme <= 3.3.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-13421 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-13421 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5f8c-x4ph-c49p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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