Description
The Real Estate Manager – Property Listing and Agent Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'first_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The reCAPTCHA check is trivially bypassed by omitting the g-recaptcha-response parameter entirely, since validation only runs when that parameter is present.
Published: 2026-10-10
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthenticated Stored Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Real Estate Manager WordPress plugin (up to version 7.3) has a stored cross‑site scripting flaw that results from insufficient filtering of the ‘first_name’ parameter and the absence of output escaping. An attacker can submit a string containing malicious JavaScript via this field and have it saved in the database. When other users view the affected page, the browser executes the injected script, allowing the attacker to steal cookies, deface the site, or perform further actions in the context of the victim’s session. The same vulnerability also exposes the reCAPTCHA check to bypass, because the validation routine only runs when the 'g‑recaptcha‑response' field is present, meaning attackers can submit the form without completing the challenge.

Affected Systems

The vulnerability affects the WordPress plugin Real Estate Manager – Property Listing and Agent Management, specifically all releases <= 7.3. Users running any of those releases have the potential to be exploited by outputting unescaped content in agent listing pages.

Risk and Exploitability

With a CVSS score of 7.2 the flaw represents a moderate‑high risk. Attackers need only craft an HTTP request to the agent submission form; no authentication is required to inject the payload. Because the plugin is widely deployed in WordPress sites, the opportunity for real exploitation is high. EPSS data is currently unavailable, but the lack of a KEV listing suggests that a publicly known exploit has not yet been released. Nonetheless, the potential for browser‑side damage and credential theft remains significant.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 10, 2026 at 06:40 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the Real Estate Manager plugin to version 7.4 or later, which removes the unsanitized input usage.
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, limit the agent form to authenticated administrators and add PHP output escaping functions such as esc_html() around the stored data when rendering the page.
  • Deploy a Web Application Firewall or use an existing security plugin to filter out JavaScript payloads in form submissions.
  • Review and replace any custom agent‐display code with WordPress sanitization routines like sanitize_text_field() or esc_html() before echoing the value to the browser.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 10, 2026 at 06:40 UTC.

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History

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Real Estate Manager – Property Listing and Agent Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'first_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The reCAPTCHA check is trivially bypassed by omitting the g-recaptcha-response parameter entirely, since validation only runs when that parameter is present.
Title Real Estate Manager <= 7.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'first_name' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-11T12:23:57.962Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T15:00:49.790Z

Link: CVE-2026-96667

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-11T12:16:17.441Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-10T06:16:45.230

Modified: 2026-10-13T13:30:21.620

Link: CVE-2026-96667

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-10T06:45:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')