{"id":75967,"date":"2025-09-18T06:49:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:49:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:49:29","slug":"cve-2025-7718-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-the-resideo-plugin-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7718-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-the-resideo-plugin-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-7718: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the Resideo Plugin for WordPress<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-7718 vulnerability is a critical flaw found in the Resideo Plugin for Resideo &#8211; Real Estate WordPress Theme, a popular plugin for WordPress. This plugin enables the creation of a dynamic, user-friendly real estate website. However, all versions up to and including 2.5.4 suffer from a vulnerability that can lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27216-privilege-escalation-in-uisp-application-due-to-incorrect-permission-assignment\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84368\">privilege escalation<\/a> through user account takeover. This flaw is of significant concern as it can allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to user accounts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7775-critical-memory-overflow-vulnerability-in-netscaler-adc-and-gateway-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83806\">potentially leading to the compromise of the entire system<\/a> or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-7718<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84282\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2384235507\" 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>Resideo Plugin for Resideo &#8211; Real Estate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85428\">WordPress Theme<\/a> | Up to and including 2.5.4<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52122-critical-server-side-template-injection-ssti-vulnerability-in-freeform-plugin-for-craftcms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84039\">vulnerability exists because the Resideo Plugin<\/a> does not properly validate a user&#8217;s identity before updating their account details, such as their email address. An attacker with Subscriber-level access can exploit this flaw by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9114-critical-arbitrary-user-password-change-vulnerability-in-doccure-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88293\">changing the email address of any user<\/a>, including administrators. The attacker can then initiate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43930-hashview-0-8-1-account-takeover-via-password-reset-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91343\">password reset for the targeted account<\/a>, which will be sent to the attacker-controlled email address. This allows the attacker to gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7051-unauthorized-access-and-manipulation-of-syslog-configuration-in-n-central\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84600\">unauthorized access<\/a> to the targeted account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1472390981\" 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 the vulnerability might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/user-edit.php?user_id=[target_user_id] HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nCookie: wordpress_logged_in_[hash]=[attacker_session]\nemail=[attacker_email]&amp;pass1=[attacker_password]&amp;pass2=[attacker_password]&amp;action=update<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a POST <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7812-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-video-share-vod-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88557\">request to the user-edit.php endpoint on the WordPress<\/a> admin panel. The attacker uses their own authenticated session cookie (wordpress_logged_in_[hash]) and specifies the user_id of the targeted user. The email, pass1, and pass2 parameters are set to the attacker&#8217;s desired values, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9636-cross-origin-opener-policy-vulnerability-in-pgadmin-allows-account-takeovers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87097\">allowing the attacker to take control of the targeted account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5060-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-bravis-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85230\">Users of the affected Resideo plugin<\/a> are strongly urged to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch once it becomes available. In the meantime, the use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation, by blocking or alerting on suspicious activities related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2297-user-profile-manipulation-leading-to-unauthorized-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90661\">manipulation of user<\/a> account details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-7718 vulnerability is a critical flaw found in the Resideo Plugin for Resideo &#8211; Real Estate WordPress Theme, a popular plugin for WordPress. This plugin enables the creation of a dynamic, user-friendly real estate website. However, all versions up to and including 2.5.4 suffer from a vulnerability that can lead to privilege escalation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-75967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75967"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84374,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75967\/revisions\/84374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=75967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}