# CVE-2024-13318: Essential WP Real Estate <= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post/Page Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary pages and posts due to a missing capability check in the Essential WP Real Estate plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4557-p767-895m

## What is CVE-2024-13318?

CVE-2024-13318 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smartdatasoft Essential WP Real Estate, published on 10 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-463 (Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13318?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Smartdatasoft Essential Wp Real Estate.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13318?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13318 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13318 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in smartdatasoft Essential WP Real Estate

- [CVE-2025-23857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23857/): WordPress Essential WP Real Estate Plugin <= 1.1.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-13347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13347/): Essential WP Real Estate <= 1.1.3 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13318 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13318 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smartdatasoft Essential WP Real Estate, published on 10 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: smartdatasoft Essential WP Real Estate. 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-2024-13318/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13318/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13318
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13318
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13318

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13318/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.