CVE-2025-68071
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 · uneditedAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in g5theme Essential Real Estate essential-real-estate allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Real Estate: from n/a through <= 5.3.2.
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 · moderate confidenceThe Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin versions up to 5.3.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability where user-controlled keys are improperly used in access control decisions, allowing attackers to bypass security checks due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Essential Real Estate plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'Essential Real Estate' in the list. Alternatively, check the file /wp-content/plugins/essential-real-estate/ exists on the server.Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, click on the plugin from the Installed Plugins list to view its details and version number. Alternatively, check the main plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/essential-real-estore/essential-real-estate.php for the 'Version' comment.Affected if The version number is 5.3.2 or lower
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Check for API or key-based access control configurationIn WordPress admin, navigate to the Essential Real Estate plugin settings and look for any API key, access key, or key-based authentication settings. Check the plugin database options for entries containing 'api_key', 'access_key', or similar key-related configuration.Affected if Key-based access control settings are configured in the plugin
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Inspect for custom or user-defined security keysReview the plugin configuration files and database options (wp_options table) for any user-supplied keys used in access control decisions. Look for options with names like 'ere_api_key', 'ere_security_key', or custom key values set by administrators.Affected if Custom user-controlled keys are stored in the plugin configuration
The environment is affected if the Essential Real Estate plugin version is 5.3.2 or lower and the plugin uses key-based access control where keys can be user-controlled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate the Essential Real Estate plugin to the latest version which should contain proper access control validation. If no update is available, restrict access to the affected endpoints and audit the authorization logic for user-controlled key usage.
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