CVE-2023-6141: essential real estate vulnerability

CVE-2023-6141: medium vulnerability affecting essential real estate. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
CVE-2023-6141CVSS 5.4CMS

CVE-2023-6141: essential real estate vulnerability

CVE-2023-6141: medium vulnerability affecting essential real estate. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.

CVSS
5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
32.94%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
essential real estate

What is known

The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 4.4.0 does not apply proper capability checks on its AJAX actions, which among other things, allow attackers with a subscriber account to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-6141, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) affecting essential real estate, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether essential real estate is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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