CVE-2024-13318
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Essential WP Real Estate plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-13318) contains a vulnerability related to unauthorized access, discovered and disclosed on January 9, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.1.3 of the plugin. This security issue stems from a missing capability check in the cl_delete_listing_func() function (NVD, Wordfence Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The technical root cause is identified as a missing capability check in the cl_delete_listing_func() function, which is classified under CWE-463 (Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary pages and posts from WordPress installations running the affected plugin versions. This can lead to significant content loss and potential disruption of website operations (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should immediately update their Essential WP Real Estate plugin to a version newer than 1.1.3 if available. If an update is not available, it is recommended to disable the plugin until a patch is released (NVD).

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