{"id":57950,"date":"2025-07-07T00:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T00:45:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:32:09","slug":"cve-2025-6934-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-opal-estate-pro-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6934-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-opal-estate-pro-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-6934: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Opal Estate Pro WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world has recently been alerted to a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-6934, that affects the Opal Estate Pro &#8211; Property Management and Submission plugin for WordPress. This plugin is widely used by the FullHouse &#8211; Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22460-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-ivanti-cloud-services-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64703\">vulnerability can lead to a privilege escalation<\/a> issue due to a lack of role restriction during registration in the &#8216;on_regiser_user&#8217; function. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20282-unauthenticated-file-upload-and-execution-vulnerability-in-cisco-ise-and-ise-pic\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64493\">vulnerability is particularly concerning as it allows unauthenticated<\/a> attackers to arbitrarily choose their role during registration, including the role of Administrator.<br \/>\nThis exploit could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6436-critical-memory-safety-bugs-in-firefox-and-thunderbird-potentially-allowing-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64779\">potentially allow<\/a> malicious actors to gain complete control over a website, with the ability to alter content, steal data, or even bring the site down entirely. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-52928-severe-bypass-issue-in-arc-on-windows-allows-unauthorized-permissions-grant\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65081\">severity of this issue<\/a> emphasizes the need to apply patches or other mitigations as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-6934<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical; CVSS Score: 9.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Privilege escalation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3090-unauthenticated-remote-attack-leading-to-potential-data-leakage-and-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64704\">potential system<\/a> compromise, and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3438307938\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Opal Estate Pro &#8211; Property <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53260-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-getredhawkstudio-file-manager-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65369\">Management and Submission plugin<\/a> for WordPress | Up to and including 1.7.5<br \/>\nFullHouse &#8211; Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme | All versions that use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5590-time-based-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-owl-carousel-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64896\">vulnerable plugin<\/a> version<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a lack of role restriction during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4334-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-simple-user-registration-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64925\">user registration<\/a> process. When a new user registers, the &#8216;on_regiser_user&#8217; function in the Opal Estate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6379-critical-directory-traversal-vulnerability-in-beeteam368-extensions-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65598\">Pro plugin<\/a> does not properly restrict or verify the user role that is selected. This allows an unauthenticated user to choose any role, including the Administrator role, providing them with full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49603-incorrect-access-control-vulnerability-in-northern-tech-mender-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65051\">control and access<\/a> rights within the WordPress site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1437844437\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21486-severe-memory-corruption-vulnerability-during-dynamic-process-creation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71531\">vulnerability during the registration process<\/a>. In this hypothetical HTTP request, the attacker sets the &#8216;role&#8217; parameter to &#8216;Administrator&#8217;:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-login.php?action=register HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nusername=attacker&amp;email=attacker@example.com&amp;role=Administrator&amp;password=attacker_password<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Through this simple exploit, the attacker could gain Administrator-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46093-critical-vulnerability-in-liquidfiles-allowing-root-access-via-ftp-site-chmod\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74512\">access to the site<\/a>, posing a significant security risk. It is therefore urgent for any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5821-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-case-theme-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83291\">users of the affected versions of the plugin or theme<\/a> to apply the vendor patch or use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world has recently been alerted to a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-6934, that affects the Opal Estate Pro &#8211; Property Management and Submission plugin for WordPress. This plugin is widely used by the FullHouse &#8211; Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme. 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