Real Estate 7WordPress extension · Contempothemes

CVE-2022-47146

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-03-27
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 3.3.2 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress theme <= 3.3.1 versions.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress theme versions 3.3.1 and below allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via unsanitized input that gets reflected back to users.

MitigationUpdate the Real Estate 7 theme to the latest version beyond 3.3.1; if no patch is available, implement web application firewall rules or output encoding on affected parameters.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Real Estate 7WordPress extension
Affected:< 3.3.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Real Estate 7 theme is installed
    Access WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Themes, and verify the Contempoinc Real Estate 7 theme is active or installed.
    Affected if The Real Estate 7 theme by Contempothemes is present in the WordPress installation.
  2. Locate theme version number
    In WordPress admin under Appearance > Themes, click on the Real Estate 7 theme details. The version number is displayed in the theme information panel. Alternatively, inspect the style.css file within the theme directory /wp-content/themes/real-estate-7/ and look for the 'Version:' header in the file comments.
    Affected if Unable to locate version information for the Real Estate 7 theme.
  3. Compare installed version against affected range
    Review the identified version number and compare it to the affected range: versions 3.3.1 and below are vulnerable (any version less than 3.3.2).
    Affected if The installed version is 3.3.1 or lower, or any version number less than 3.3.2.
  4. Identify reflected parameter in HTTP requests
    Review web server access logs or use a browser proxy to capture HTTP requests to the site. Look for query parameters in URLs that echo user input back into the response without sanitization. Common targets in reflected XSS are search parameters, ID parameters, or form submission inputs.
    Affected if URL parameters are reflected in the response without proper encoding or sanitization.

The environment is affected if the Contempoinc Real Estate 7 theme is installed and the installed version is below 3.3.2, exposing the site to unauthenticated reflected XSS attacks.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.3.2 or later
Fixed in 3.3.2
Interim mitigation

Update the Real Estate 7 theme to the latest version beyond 3.3.1; if no patch is available, implement web application firewall rules or output encoding on affected parameters.

Recommended fix High confidence

Real Estate 7 theme version 3.3.2

  1. 1. Back up the entire WordPress site (database and files) before performing any updates
  2. 2. Download Real Estate 7 theme version 3.3.2 or later from the official source (Contempoinc or WordPress theme repository)
  3. 3. Navigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin dashboard
  4. 4. Activate a different temporary theme if needed to safely remove the vulnerable Real Estate 7 theme
  5. 5. Upload and install the updated Real Estate 7 theme (version 3.3.2 or higher)
  6. 6. Reactivate Real Estate 7 theme after installation
  7. 7. Verify the theme is running version 3.3.2 or later in the theme settings

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Real Estate 7 Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing1.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
4.0 hours of engineering $750
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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