CVE-2023-6139: Essential Real Estate < 4.4.0 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service via Arbitrary Option Update

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

g5theme Essential Real Estate: before 4.4.0 — fixed in 4.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: g5theme Essential Real Estate 4.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96396a22-f523-4c51-8b72-52be266988aa
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96396a22-f523-4c51-8b72-52be266988aa

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