CVE-2025-6758
Published: 19 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-6758 is a critical-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Themeforest (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 43.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-2 (Account Management) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-6758 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Real Spaces - WordPress Properties Directory Theme for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 3.6. The flaw arises in the 'imic_agent_register' function due to a lack of restriction on the registration role, enabling attackers to select arbitrary roles during user registration. It is classified under CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction or privileges required. By registering a new user account and specifying a high-privilege role such as Administrator, attackers gain full control over the affected WordPress site, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation details are available in advisories including the Wordfence threat intelligence report at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2b24858-dfcd-46f3-9552-c7acc63a1ee7?source=cve and the theme's page on ThemeForest at https://themeforest.net/item/real-spaces-wordpress-real-estate-theme/8219779.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-28767
Vulnerability details
The Real Spaces - WordPress Properties Directory Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via the 'imic_agent_register' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6. This is due to a lack of restriction in the registration role.…
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This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily choose their role, including the Administrator role, during user registration.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Direct unauthenticated exploitation of public-facing WordPress registration function enables arbitrary high-privilege account creation (admin), matching initial access via public app exploit and privilege escalation.
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Mitigating Controls
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AC-2 requires organizations to manage account creation and privilege assignments, directly preventing unauthenticated attackers from self-escalating to Administrator roles during registration.
AC-6 enforces least privilege, ensuring new user accounts are assigned only minimal necessary roles and blocking arbitrary high-privilege selections like Administrator.
SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs such as the unrestricted role parameter in the imic_agent_register function, preventing attackers from specifying unauthorized roles.