Site interruption via unauthorized option updates
Published Jan 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 3, 2025
Missing authorization in Estatik Real Estate Plugin before 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt a WordPress site. The es_dismiss_notices function lacks a capability check and writes the attacker-selected option's value as 1. Subscriber-level access is sufficient; resetting certain options can break site operation, but published evidence identifies no specific crash or hang.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Estatik Real Estate Plugin before 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt a WordPress site. The es_dismiss_notices function lacks a capability check and writes the attacker-selected option's value as 1. Subscriber-level access is sufficient; resetting certain options can break site operation, but published evidence identifies no specific crash or hang.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-6048
- Published
- Jan 15, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Estatik Inc.
- Product
- Estatik Real Estate Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <4.1.1
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- WPScan subscriber AJAX proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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