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CVE-2025-2232: Realteo - Real Estate Plugin by Purethemes <= 1.2.8 - Authentication Bypass via 'do_register_user'

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 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: none known
• Published: 2025-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected products

• PureThemes Realteo: before 1.2.9 — fixed in 1.2.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PureThemes Realteo 1.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.purethemes.net/findeo/knowledge-base/changelog-findeo/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abe73ecd-1325-4d6d-8545-d27f6116ca43?source=cve

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