Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5117Property 1.0.5 - 1.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation via property_package_user_role Metadata in PayPal Registration
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in Property – Real Estate Directory Listing from themeglow. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author‐level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator by creating a package post whose property_package_user_role is set to administrator and then submitting the PayPal registration form.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| themeglow | Property – Real Estate Directory Listing | 1.0.5 – through 1.0.6 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df48f7f9-7bc9-4f9b-b9b5-6bfb86309030?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/property/tags/1.0.6/admin/pages/payment-inc/paypal-submit.php#L128
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/property/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/property/tags/1.0.6/property.php#L1964
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3299714/