CVE-2026-13159 Real Estate Papi <= 1.0.5 - Subscriber+ Plugin Installation
Authenticated subscribers can install and potentially activate plugins due to missing capability checks, leading to privilege escalation or code execution.
- 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-2026-13159?
CVE-2026-13159 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Real Estate Papi, published on 6 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Real Estate Papi WordPress theme through 1.0.5 does not perform capability or CSRF checks on one of its AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to install a fixed set of companion from the WordPress.org repository. Where the request runs in the session of a user who can activate , those are activated as well.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-13159?
How do I fix CVE-2026-13159?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-13159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-13159 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13159 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rg39-prfr-f2w6.