# Easy Property Listings <= 3.5.26 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Username Disclosure via epl_search_user AJAX Action

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-0878
- **Plugin:** Easy Property Listings (`easy-property-listings`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-property-listings/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 3.5.27
- **Fixed in:** 3.5.27 (Update to 3.5.27 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-862
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin Low, affected versions None seen (as of 2026-10-14)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/easy-property-listings
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-13
- **Published:** 2026-10-14
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0878/

## Description

The Easy Property Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data via the epl_search_user AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.26, due to a missing capability check on the epl_search_user() function, which checks only a nonce that is exposed to every logged-in user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to search the site's users and retrieve their login names, user IDs and display names.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0878/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/easy-property-listings/tags/3.5.27/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-property-listings/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0878/

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