Houzez Theme — Functionality <= 4.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Download
26654f89-38ae-480c-9851-08a6bf0f6d84Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.1
- CVSS
- 8.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Houzez Theme - Functionality houzez-theme-functionality
- Affected≤ 4.1.2
- Patched in4.1.4
Update to 4.1.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.1.2. Version 4.1.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Houzez Theme - Functionality.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.1.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Houzez Theme - Functionality to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The Houzez Theme - Functionality plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Houzez Theme - Functionality
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Functionality <= 4.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.2.6Update to 4.2.7 | CVE-2026-24355 | |
| Medium6.4 | Functionality < 4.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting <4.2.0Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2025-62058 | |
| High7.5 | Functionality <= 4.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion ≤4.1.8Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2025-62054 | |
| High7.2 | Functionality < 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting <4.2.0Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2025-62057 | |
| Medium4.3 | Functionality <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization ≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.4 | — |
- Medium6.4Functionality <= 4.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.2.6Update to 4.2.7
- Medium6.4Functionality < 4.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<4.2.0Update to 4.2.0
- High7.5Functionality <= 4.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
≤4.1.8Update to 4.2.0
- High7.2Functionality < 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<4.2.0Update to 4.2.0
- Medium4.3Functionality <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization
≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.4
Same weakness (Missing Authorization)
All Missing Authorization| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.