RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme <= 4.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 4.4.1
- Affected Theme
- RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme
- Affected Version
<= 4.4.0- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- CVE
CVE-2025-4601
At a glance
CVE-2025-4601 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme WordPress theme, affecting versions <= 4.4.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 4.4.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2025, reported by Thái An.
Vulnerability Overview
The "RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme" theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.0. This is due to the theme not properly restricting user roles that can be updated as part of the inspiry_update_profile() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set their role to that of an administrator. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 4.4.0, and fully patched in version 4.4.1. CVE-2025-49867 is likely a duplicate of this.
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 interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme <= 4.4.0 carries this weakness at inspiry_update_profile(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.
It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme the fix is 4.4.1: builds <= 4.4.0 are affected, anything from 4.4.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 4.4.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme 4.4.1 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
Related records
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CVE-2024-32444 - 7.5CVE-2026-56055: RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme PHP Object Injection
CVE-2026-56055 - 7.3CVE-2023-37885: RealHomes <= 4.3.7 Missing Authorization
CVE-2023-37885 - 6.3CVE-2023-37886: RealHomes <= 4.3.7 Missing Authorization
CVE-2023-37886
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