---
id: CVE-2026-90966
title: >-
  Essential Real Estate < 5.3.5 - Customer+ Arbitrary Paid Package Activation
  and Forged Paid Invoice via ere_free_package_ajax
summary: >-
  The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 5.3.5 does not verify, in
  one of its AJAX actions, that a listing package selected for free activation
  is genuinely free or that the requesting user is entitled to it, allowing a
  self-reg…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-862
product: Essential Real Estate
affected:
  - essential_real_estate < 5.3.5
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T11:50:19.986813Z'
published: '2026-11-05'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T12:03:07.379Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90966'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/445a0351-d452-412e-8145-d427e10e0948/'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00152
epssPercentile: 0.04373
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T21:36:00.784Z'
---

## Overview

The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 5.3.5 does not verify, in one of its AJAX actions, that a listing package selected for free activation is genuinely free or that the requesting user is entitled to it, allowing a self-registered customer to activate a paid package without payment and cause the site to record a paid invoice at the package's full price.

## Affected

- `essential_real_estate < 5.3.5`

## Remediation

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