What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Opal Estate Pro – Property Management and Submission plugin for WordPress, used by the FullHouse - Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme, is vulnerable to privilege escalation via in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to a lack of role restriction during registration in the 'on_regiser_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily choose the role, including the Administrator role, assigned when registering.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Opal Estate Pro versions up to 1.7.5 contain a privilege management flaw that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of the site over the network. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Site administrators should update immediately to a version newer than 1.7.5.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Read, modify, or delete any data on the site; create admin accounts; run their own code.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Complete compromise of the site and all user data without any warning or authentication barrier.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
July 1, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
