# CVE-2025-30849: WordPress Essential Real Estate plugin <= 5.2.0 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit a local file inclusion flaw in the Essential Real Estate plugin to read sensitive files or execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 1 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5278-2h8h-4p7c

## What is CVE-2025-30849?

CVE-2025-30849 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in g5theme Essential Real Estate, published on 1 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in g5theme Essential Real Estate essential-real-estate allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Essential Real Estate: from n/a through <= 5.2.0.

Weakness: CWE-706 (Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference), CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30849?

It affects 1 product.


Products: G5plus Essential Real Estate.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-30849?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30849 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-30849 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in g5theme Essential Real Estate

- [CVE-2023-6140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6140/): Essential Real Estate < 4.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-48126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48126/): WordPress Essential Real Estate plugin <= 5.2.9 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-6827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6827/): Essential Real Estate <= 4.3.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-6139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6139/): Essential Real Estate < 4.4.0 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service via Arbitrary Option Update (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-4273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4273/): Essential Real Estate <= 4.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-30849 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-30849 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in g5theme Essential Real Estate, published on 1 Apr 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-2025-30849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: g5theme Essential 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-2025-30849/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30849/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30849
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30849
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30849

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30849/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.