# CVE-2023-6048: Estatik Real Estate Plugin < 4.1.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Option Update

> Low-privilege users can arbitrarily update site options, potentially causing denial of service or breaking site functionality.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g9mm-pm8r-4ggj

## What is CVE-2023-6048?

CVE-2023-6048 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Estatik Real Estate Plugin, published on 15 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Estatik Real Estate Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not prevent user with low privileges on the site, like subscribers, from setting any of the site's options to 1, which could be used to break sites and lead to DoS when certain options are reset

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6048?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Estatik Estatik.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6048 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-6048 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Estatik Real Estate Plugin

- [CVE-2023-6049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6049/): Estatik Real Estate Plugin < 4.1.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10958/): File upload in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2016-10959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10959/): File upload in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-6050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6050/): Estatik Real Estate Plugin < 4.1.1 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6048 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6048 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Estatik Real Estate Plugin, published on 15 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-6048 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Estatik Real Estate Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6048/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6048
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6048
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6048

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6048/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.