Houzez Login Register <= 3.2.5 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
CVE-2024-21743Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.2.5Update to 3.3.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Houzez Login Register houzez-login-register
- Affected≤ 3.2.5
- Patched in3.3.0
Update to 3.3.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.2.5. Version 3.3.0 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 Login Register.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.3.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Houzez Login Register to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to luc.
The Houzez Login Register plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This is due to the houzez_agency_agent_update function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to allowing them to update user details like email address. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change any user's email, including administrators and reset the password therefore gaining access to the account.
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 Login Register
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation ≤3.3.3No patch available | CVE-2026-57768 | |
| Critical9.8 | Privilege Escalation ≤2.6.3Update to 2.6.4 | CVE-2023-26009 |
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
≤3.3.3No patch available
- Critical9.8Privilege Escalation
≤2.6.3Update to 2.6.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.