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CVE-2025-5117: Property (WordPress plugin) · Missing Authorization

Affects Property (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 39% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 May 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
themeglow Property – Real Estate Directory ListingAffected
  • =1.0.5
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

  1. Immediately restrict Author-level and higher user permissions to trusted users only until a patch is available.
  2. Monitor and audit user roles and package posts for suspicious changes, especially those assigning administrator roles via property_package_user_role metadata.
  3. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block attempts to manipulate the property_package_user_role field or unusual PayPal registration form submissions.
  4. Disable or remove the Property – Real Estate Directory Listing plugin if not essential, or downgrade user roles to below Author if possible.
  5. Follow themeglow’s official channels for patch releases and apply updates promptly once available.
  6. Conduct regular security reviews and penetration tests focusing on privilege escalation vectors in WordPress plugins.
  7. Employ multi-factor authentication for all administrative accounts to reduce risk if privilege escalation occurs.
  8. Backup site data regularly to enable recovery in case of compromise.

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.

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