Realty Portal Plugin up to 0.3.9 on WordPress AJAX rp_user_profile authorization

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A vulnerability has been found in Realty Portal Plugin up to 0.3.9 on WordPress and classified as critical. The affected element is the function rp_user_profile of the component AJAX Handler. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-6190. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Realty Portal Plugin up to 0.3.9 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function rp_user_profile of the component AJAX Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Realty Portal – Agent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization within the rp_user_profile() AJAX handler in versions 0.1.0 through 0.3.9. The handler reads the client-supplied meta key and value pairs from $_POST and passes them directly to update_user_meta() without restricting to a safe whitelist. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the wp_capabilities meta and grant themselves the administrator role.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-6190 since 06/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/23/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22401). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Realty Portal Plugin

Version

• 0.3.0
• 0.3.1
• 0.3.2
• 0.3.3
• 0.3.4
• 0.3.5
• 0.3.6
• 0.3.7
• 0.3.8
• 0.3.9

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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