What is CVE-2023-6140?

CVE-2023-6140 is a high-severity vulnerability in G5plus Essential Real Estate, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-6140?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in G5plus Essential Real Estate

CVE-2023-6140

The Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 4.4.0 does not prevent users with limited privileges on the site, like subscribers, from momentarily uploading malicious PHP files disguised as ZIP archives, which may lead to remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2024-01-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

G5plus Essential Real Estate
Essential Real Estate — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/c837eaf3-fafd-45a2-8f5e-03afb28a765b (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6140?: CVE-2023-6140 is a high-severity vulnerability in G5plus Essential Real Estate, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-6140?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.