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CVE-2025-8218: Real Spaces - WordPress Properties Directory Theme <= 3.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation to Administrator via 'change_role_member'

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Real Spaces - WordPress Properties Directory Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via the 'change_role_member' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.5. This is due to a lack of restriction in the profile update role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily choose their role, including the Administrator role, during a profile update.

Affected products

• imithemes Real Spaces - WordPress Properties Directory Theme: through 3.5

References

• https://themeforest.net/item/real-spaces-wordpress-real-estate-theme/8219779
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d07880b-9af1-4b1e-aa70-b95ef10a6e33?source=cve

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