Real Spaces - WordPress Properties Directory Theme <= 3.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation to Administrator via 'change_role_member'

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2025-8218
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published August 18, 2025
Last Updated August 19, 2025
Researcher Alyudin Nafiie
Description

The Real Spaces - WordPress Properties Directory Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via the 'change_role_member' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.5. This is due to a lack of restriction in the profile update role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily choose their role, including the Administrator role, during a profile update.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug real-spaces (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5
Patched Version
  • 3.6
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