CVE-2026-90964: Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin arbitrary email sending

CVE-2026-90964 · Severity: info · Published 2026-11-05

The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin contains a flaw that allows unauthenticated attackers to send emails to any address with a spoofed sender header and custom message body through the site's contact email functionality. This can be exploited to send phishing emails, spam, or fraudulent communications that appear to originate from the victim's website, damaging reputation and potentially enabling account compromise or financial fraud.

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

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-90964 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-90964 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-90964?
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-2026-90964?
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-2026-90964 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-90964?
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 fails to validate or restrict the recipient email address in one of its contact email actions, allowing unauthenticated users to manipulate both the recipient and sender fields. Exploitation requires only network access to the vulnerable endpoint with no authentication or user interaction needed beyond sending a crafted HTTP request containing the attacker's chosen email parameters.

Affected products

  • Essential Real Estate Essential Real Estate before 5.3.5

Timeline

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

References

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