---
id: CVE-2026-113584
title: >-
  Real Estate Website Builder <= 1.4.3 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via
  User Email Update
summary: >-
  The placester WordPress plugin through 1.4.3 does not perform any capability,
  nonce or ownership check on an AJAX action that updates account details,
  allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any user's email address,
  including an…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-269
product: placester
affected:
  - placester <= 1.4.3
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T11:48:46.783450Z'
published: '2026-11-06'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T12:01:23.238Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113584'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f8261325-51d6-477e-af17-11b6de10c232/'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T06:46:27.282Z'
epss: 0.00433
epssPercentile: 0.37866
---

## Overview

The placester WordPress plugin through 1.4.3 does not perform any capability, nonce or ownership check on an AJAX action that updates account details, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any user's email address, including an administrator's, and take over the account through the standard password-reset flow.

## Affected

- `placester <= 1.4.3`

## Remediation

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