Houzez <= 4.1.1 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
CVE-2025-49952Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.1.1No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat 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:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Houzez houzez
- Affected≤ 4.1.1
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.1.1. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Houzez.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Houzez to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh.
The Houzez theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
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
All 17| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.4.0Update to 4.4.1 | CVE-2026-96339 | |
| Medium6.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via Saved Search ≤4.1.6Update to 4.1.7 | CVE-2025-9191 | |
| Medium6.1 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload ≤4.1.6Update to 4.1.7 | CVE-2025-9163 | |
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion <4.2.0Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2025-62053 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.1.1Update to 4.1.4 | CVE-2025-49407 |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.4.0Update to 4.4.1
- Medium6.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via Saved Search
≤4.1.6Update to 4.1.7
- Medium6.1Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload
≤4.1.6Update to 4.1.7
- High8.1Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
<4.2.0Update to 4.2.0
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.1.1Update to 4.1.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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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