# CVE-2024-13421: Real Estate 7 WordPress <= 3.5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator

> Unauthenticated attackers can register as administrators due to improper role restriction in the Real Estate 7 WordPress theme.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5f8c-x4ph-c49p

## What is CVE-2024-13421?

CVE-2024-13421 is a critical vulnerability in contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress, published on 12 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Real Estate 7 WordPress theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles allowed to be selected during registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new administrative user account.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13421?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Contempothemes Real Estate 7.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13421?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13421 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13421 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13421 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress

- [CVE-2022-47146](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47146/): WordPress Real Estate 7 Theme <= 3.3.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-24387](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24387/): Real Estate 7 < 3.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13421 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13421 is a critical vulnerability in contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress, published on 12 Feb 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-2024-13421 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress. 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-2024-13421/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13421/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13421
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13421
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13421

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13421/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.