---
id: CVE-2026-15142
title: >-
  The Real Estate Manager Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege
  Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 12.8.6
summary: >-
  The Real Estate Manager Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege
  Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 12.8.6. This is due to
  improper capability handling in the allow_attachment_actions() function, which
  can treat …
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-08-15'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15142'
references:
  - url: 'https://wp-rem.com/changelog/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71e9ff91-4137-4c66-959b-f4ffb8d3ba32?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00363
epssPercentile: 0.2743
ingestedAt: '2026-08-16T06:35:00.201Z'
---

## Overview

The Real Estate Manager Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 12.8.6. This is due to improper capability handling in the allow_attachment_actions() function, which can treat a target user ID as a media attachment ID during user capability checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit an administrator account and escalate their privileges to Administrator when the targeted user ID matches the ID of an existing media attachment.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.