CVE-2023-6139 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 4.4.0 does not apply proper capability checks on its AJAX actions, which among other things, allow attackers with a subscriber account to conduct Denial of Service attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00219.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
G5plus	Essential Real Estate

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58393	The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 4.4.0 does not apply proper capability checks on its AJAX actions, which among other things, allow attackers with a subscriber account to conduct Denial of Service attacks.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96396a22-f523-4c51-8b72-52be266988aa

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-08T19:00:31.085Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:34:52.005Z

Reserved: 2023-11-14T22:49:59.613Z

Link: CVE-2023-6139

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.246Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T19:15:09.980

Modified: 2025-06-03T15:15:50.827

Link: CVE-2023-6139

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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