CVE-2024-13318

Essential WP Real Estate <= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post/Page Deletion

2025-01-09 22:18

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: Essential WP Real Estate
Affected Version: <= 1.1.3
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-463 · Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel
CVE: CVE-2024-13318

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At a glance

CVE-2024-13318 is a medium-severity Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel vulnerability in the Essential WP Real Estate WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed January 2025, reported by Thanh Nam Tran.

Vulnerability Overview

The Essential WP Real Estate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the cl_delete_listing_func() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary pages and posts.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-463: Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel

The accidental deletion of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13318 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a1a9e22-d174-43fc-aab6-f6968067a290 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13318

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Other vulnerabilities in Essential WP Real Estate

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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