Essential Real Estate Plugin up to 4.3.x on WordPress AJAX Action authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Essential Real Estate Plugin up to 4.3.x on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-6139. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Essential Real Estate Plugin up to 4.3.x on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown code block of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 01/08/2024 by Krzysztof Zając. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-6139 since 11/14/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Essential Real Estate Plugin 4.4.0

Timelineinfo

11/14/2023 🔍
01/08/2024 +55 days 🔍
01/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/03/2025 +512 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krzysztof Zając
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-249996

Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2024 20:51
Updated: 06/03/2025 20:06
Changes: 01/08/2024 20:51 (41), 01/25/2024 14:43 (11), 06/03/2025 20:06 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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