CVE-2025-5117 Privilege escalation in Property – Real Estate Directory Listing
Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can escalate privileges to administrator by manipulating package metadata during PayPal registration.
- 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-2025-5117?
CVE-2025-5117 is a high-severity vulnerability in themeglow Property – Real Estate Directory Listing, published on 27 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Property plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the use of the property_package_user_role metadata in versions 1.0.5 to 1.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author‐level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator by creating a package post whose property_package_user_role is set to administrator and then submitting the PayPal registration form.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5117?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5117?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-5117 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5117 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9x9p-9538-ffc5.