CVE-2026-90963: Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin authorization bypass in AJAX

CVE-2026-90963 · Severity: info · Published 2026-11-05

The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin fails to verify user permissions on an AJAX action, allowing anyone on the internet to view unpublished property listings and expose the private contact information of real estate agents. An attacker can collect sensitive data including agent names, emails, phone numbers, and office addresses without any authentication.

Technologies: Essential Real Estate. Vendors: Essential Real Estate.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-90963 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-90963 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-90963?
Informational severity, published 5 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Essential Real Estate before 5.3.5.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-90963?
Yes: fixed in 5.3.5. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-90963 attacked?
It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-90963?
Check whether you run Essential Real Estate at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 5.3.5

Technical details

The plugin's property_print_ajax AJAX action performs no authorization or publication-status checks, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve full property listing details and associated agent contact information. The vulnerability is an access control bypass requiring only network access and knowledge of the AJAX endpoint. A fix is available in version 5.3.5 and later.

Affected products

  • Essential Real Estate Essential Real Estate before 5.3.5

Timeline

  • 2026-11-02: disclosed
  • 2026-11-05: advisory: NVD advisory published

References

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