Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-39459

CVE-2025-39459:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The CVE-2025-39459 is an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability affecting the Contempo Themes Real Estate 7 WordPress theme. The vulnerability was discovered by Ananda Dhakal and was publicly disclosed on April 17, 2025. It affects all versions of Real Estate 7 up to and including version 3.5.2 (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Privilege Escalation (PRIVESC) issue with varying severity assessments. Patchstack assigns a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (High), while WPScan rates it at 9.8 (Critical). The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A2: Broken Authentication and Session Management (Patchstack, WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator, potentially enabling full control of the affected WordPress website. This could lead to complete website compromise if successfully exploited (WPScan, Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.5.3 of the Real Estate 7 theme. Website administrators are strongly advised to update to version 3.5.3 or later immediately. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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