# CVE-2025-2232: Realteo - Real Estate Plugin by Purethemes <= 1.2.8 - Authentication Bypass via 'do_register_user'

> Unauthenticated attackers can register as Administrator due to insufficient role restrictions in the Realteo WordPress plugin.

- **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:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cghv-p6j4-5ch6

## What is CVE-2025-2232?

CVE-2025-2232 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in PureThemes Realteo, published on 14 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Realteo - Real Estate Plugin by Purethemes plugin for WordPress, used by the Findeo Theme, is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8. This is due to insufficient role restrictions in the 'do_register_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an account with the Administrator role.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2232?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Purethemes Realteo.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2232 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in PureThemes Realteo, published on 14 Mar 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-2025-2232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PureThemes Realteo. 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-2025-2232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2232/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2232

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2232/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.