CVE-2025-6934: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in wpopal Opal Estate Pro – Property Management and Submission
The Opal Estate Pro – Property Management and Submission plugin for WordPress, used by the FullHouse - Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme, is vulnerable to privilege escalation via in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to a lack of role restriction during registration in the 'on_regiser_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily choose the role, including the Administrator role, assigned when registering.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2025-6934 affects the Opal Estate Pro – Property Management and Submission plugin for WordPress, which is bundled with the FullHouse - Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme. The root cause is improper privilege management (CWE-269) in the 'on_regiser_user' function, which handles user registration. Specifically, the plugin fails to enforce role restrictions during registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to specify any user role, including the highest privilege Administrator role. This means an attacker can create an administrative account without any authentication or user interaction, gaining full control over the WordPress site. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to and including 1.7.5. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8 (critical), reflecting the ease of exploitation (network attack vector, no privileges or user interaction required) and the severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official patches or fixes have been released as of the publication date (July 1, 2025), and no known exploits have been observed in the wild yet. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to websites using this plugin, especially those in the real estate sector that rely on the FullHouse theme for property management and submissions. Attackers exploiting this flaw can fully compromise the affected WordPress sites, potentially leading to data theft, site defacement, malware deployment, or use of the site as a pivot point for further attacks.
Potential Impact
The impact of CVE-2025-6934 is severe and wide-ranging. Successful exploitation grants attackers administrative privileges on the affected WordPress site, enabling full control over site content, user data, and configuration. This compromises confidentiality by exposing sensitive user and property data, integrity by allowing unauthorized content modification or deletion, and availability by permitting site defacement or denial-of-service conditions. Organizations relying on the Opal Estate Pro plugin for property management risk reputational damage, legal liabilities from data breaches, and operational disruption. Attackers could also leverage compromised sites to distribute malware, conduct phishing campaigns, or launch attacks against other networked systems. Given the criticality and ease of exploitation, this vulnerability threatens any organization using the affected plugin, particularly real estate agencies, property managers, and web hosting providers supporting such clients.
Mitigation Recommendations
Until an official patch is released, organizations should take immediate steps to mitigate risk. These include: 1) Temporarily disabling or uninstalling the Opal Estate Pro plugin to prevent exploitation; 2) Restricting or disabling user registration on affected WordPress sites to block unauthorized account creation; 3) Monitoring site logs for suspicious registration activity or new administrative accounts; 4) Implementing Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block attempts to exploit the registration endpoint; 5) Applying the principle of least privilege by reviewing and limiting user roles and permissions site-wide; 6) Keeping WordPress core and all other plugins/themes updated to reduce overall attack surface; 7) Preparing for rapid patch deployment once the vendor releases a fix; 8) Conducting security audits and backups to ensure recovery capability in case of compromise. These targeted actions go beyond generic advice by focusing on the specific attack vector and plugin involved.
Affected Countries
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, India, France, Brazil, South Africa, Netherlands
CVE-2025-6934: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in wpopal Opal Estate Pro – Property Management and Submission
Description
The Opal Estate Pro – Property Management and Submission plugin for WordPress, used by the FullHouse - Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme, is vulnerable to privilege escalation via in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to a lack of role restriction during registration in the 'on_regiser_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily choose the role, including the Administrator role, assigned when registering.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2025-6934 affects the Opal Estate Pro – Property Management and Submission plugin for WordPress, which is bundled with the FullHouse - Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme. The root cause is improper privilege management (CWE-269) in the 'on_regiser_user' function, which handles user registration. Specifically, the plugin fails to enforce role restrictions during registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to specify any user role, including the highest privilege Administrator role. This means an attacker can create an administrative account without any authentication or user interaction, gaining full control over the WordPress site. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to and including 1.7.5. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8 (critical), reflecting the ease of exploitation (network attack vector, no privileges or user interaction required) and the severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official patches or fixes have been released as of the publication date (July 1, 2025), and no known exploits have been observed in the wild yet. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to websites using this plugin, especially those in the real estate sector that rely on the FullHouse theme for property management and submissions. Attackers exploiting this flaw can fully compromise the affected WordPress sites, potentially leading to data theft, site defacement, malware deployment, or use of the site as a pivot point for further attacks.
Potential Impact
The impact of CVE-2025-6934 is severe and wide-ranging. Successful exploitation grants attackers administrative privileges on the affected WordPress site, enabling full control over site content, user data, and configuration. This compromises confidentiality by exposing sensitive user and property data, integrity by allowing unauthorized content modification or deletion, and availability by permitting site defacement or denial-of-service conditions. Organizations relying on the Opal Estate Pro plugin for property management risk reputational damage, legal liabilities from data breaches, and operational disruption. Attackers could also leverage compromised sites to distribute malware, conduct phishing campaigns, or launch attacks against other networked systems. Given the criticality and ease of exploitation, this vulnerability threatens any organization using the affected plugin, particularly real estate agencies, property managers, and web hosting providers supporting such clients.
Mitigation Recommendations
Until an official patch is released, organizations should take immediate steps to mitigate risk. These include: 1) Temporarily disabling or uninstalling the Opal Estate Pro plugin to prevent exploitation; 2) Restricting or disabling user registration on affected WordPress sites to block unauthorized account creation; 3) Monitoring site logs for suspicious registration activity or new administrative accounts; 4) Implementing Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block attempts to exploit the registration endpoint; 5) Applying the principle of least privilege by reviewing and limiting user roles and permissions site-wide; 6) Keeping WordPress core and all other plugins/themes updated to reduce overall attack surface; 7) Preparing for rapid patch deployment once the vendor releases a fix; 8) Conducting security audits and backups to ensure recovery capability in case of compromise. These targeted actions go beyond generic advice by focusing on the specific attack vector and plugin involved.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-06-30T17:52:44.462Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 686386216f40f0eb728e62a5
Added to database: 7/1/2025, 6:54:25 AM
Last enriched: 2/26/2026, 3:55:10 PM
Last updated: 3/24/2026, 6:49:18 AM
Views: 687
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