Essential Real Estate plugin lets users delete others' media files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin, from 4.4.3 before 5.3.5, does not verify that a media attachment belongs to the requesting user before deleting it (CWE-639). A self-registered customer-level user can delete media library attachments owned by other users, including administrators. An exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 5.3.5 does not verify that a media attachment belongs to the requesting user before deleting it, allowing a self-registered customer-level user to delete other users' media library attachments, including those owned by administrators.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 | 4.4.3 to before 5.3.5 | 5.3.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Essential Real Estate VendorUnknown Affected 4.4.3 to before 5.3.5 Fixed in 5.3.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Essential Real Estate to version 5.3.5, which fixes this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA Essential Real Estate (Unknown) Fixed in 5.3.5
Timeline
- 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110964
- 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-292c-37qx-v9g9
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-04 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-110964 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110964 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-292c-37qx-v9g9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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