{"id":64262,"date":"2025-08-23T11:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:07:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:08:01","slug":"cve-2025-6758-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-real-spaces-wordpress-properties-directory-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6758-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-real-spaces-wordpress-properties-directory-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-6758: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Real Spaces &#8211; WordPress Properties Directory Theme<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a high-risk vulnerability in the Real Spaces &#8211; WordPress Properties Directory Theme for WordPress. This vulnerability, assigned ID CVE-2025-6758, could potentially allow unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges during user registration, up to and including the Administrator role. This flaw, present in all versions of the theme up to and including 3.6, presents a serious threat to all websites utilizing this theme due to its potential for system compromise or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72581\">data leakage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-6758<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS v3 score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74295\">Potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1231828492\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8218-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-real-spaces-wordpress-properties-directory-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81691\">Real Spaces &#8211; WordPress Properties Directory<\/a> Theme | Up to and including 3.6<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;imic_agent_register&#8217; function in the Real Spaces &#8211; WordPress Properties Directory <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=\"83317\">Theme for WordPress is designed to permit user<\/a> registration. However, this function is flawed as it does not have a feature to restrict the registration role that can be chosen by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3498-unauthenticated-user-access-and-modification-of-radiflow-isap-smart-collector-configuration\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92255\">unauthenticated users<\/a>. This lack of restriction makes it possible for attackers to arbitrarily select their role during user registration, including the Administrator role, giving them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53499-critical-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72766\">unauthorized access<\/a> rights and control over the affected system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1360736136\" 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>Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This could be a sample HTTP request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/user-new.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nrole=administrator&amp;user_login=attacker&amp;email=attacker%40example.com&amp;first_name=&amp;last_name=&amp;website=&amp;pass1=attackerspassword&amp;pass1-text=attackerspassword&amp;pass2=attackerspassword&amp;pw_weak=true&amp;action=createuser&amp;_wpnonce_create-user=malicious_payload<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most effective mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as a temporary measure to help protect against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79983\">potential exploitation<\/a>. These protections should be configured to monitor for and block suspicious user registration attempts. It is also recommended to regularly backup and encrypt sensitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43220-unprecedented-data-access-vulnerability-in-multiple-macos-and-ipados-versions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73222\">data and ensure that users only have the access<\/a> levels that they need to perform their tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a high-risk vulnerability in the Real Spaces &#8211; WordPress Properties Directory Theme for WordPress. This vulnerability, assigned ID CVE-2025-6758, could potentially allow unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges during user registration, up to and including the Administrator role. 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