CVE-2025-4601 RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme <= 4.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator due to improper role restriction in the profile update function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4601?
CVE-2025-4601 is a high-severity vulnerability in InspiryThemes RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme, published on 10 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The "RH - Real Estate WordPress Theme" theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.0. This is due to the theme not properly restricting user roles that can be updated as part of the inspiry_update_profile() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set their role to that of an administrator. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 4.4.0, and fully patched in version 4.4.1.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4601?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4601?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4601 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-4601 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4601 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7gq9-qgm5-c8j7.