Realteo - Real Estate Plugin by Purethemes <= 1.2.8 - Authentication Bypass via 'do_register_user'
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-269Published · 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-269.
Summary
The Realteo - Real Estate Plugin by Purethemes plugin for WordPress, used by the Findeo Theme, is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8. This is due to insufficient role restrictions in the 'do_register_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an account with the Administrator role.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00552 46th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| purethemes | Realteo | up to 1.2.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Realteo Vendorpurethemes Affected up to 1.2.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:purethemes:realteo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.2.9 | Vulnerable | purethemes |
- cpe:2.3:a:purethemes:realteo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.2.9 Vulnerable ·purethemes
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2232
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cghv-p6j4-5ch6
References
More purethemes Realteo vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06529 Realteo < 1.2.4 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2021-06530 Realteo < 1.2.4 - Arbitrary Property Deletion via IDOR CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-2232 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-2232 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cghv-p6j4-5ch6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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