CVE-2024-51800
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Favethemes Homey allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Homey: from n/a through 2.4.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Favethemes Homey theme where incorrect privilege assignment allows low-privilege users to gain elevated administrative access. The vulnerability stems from improper authorization logic that fails to properly validate user role permissions before granting access to sensitive functionality.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Homey theme versionNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin panel, or inspect the style.css file within the wp-content/themes/homey directory to find the theme version comment headerAffected if The installed version is 2.4.1 or earlier (unpatched)
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Confirm user authentication capabilityReview which user roles exist on the WordPress site (Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor, Administrator) and verify that lower-privileged roles such as Subscriber or Contributor are presentAffected if The site has authenticated users with non-administrator roles who could potentially exploit the privilege escalation flaw
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Audit administrative accountsNavigate to Users > All Users in WordPress admin and examine the list of users with Administrator role, noting any accounts that appear unexpected or were created recentlyAffected if There are administrative accounts that were created or modified by lower-privileged users, indicating successful exploitation
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Check for unauthorized role modificationsUse a role management plugin or query the wp_usermeta table to review capability assignments for non-administrator users, looking for capabilities beyond what their assigned role should haveAffected if Non-administrator users possess administrative-level capabilities such as 'manage_options' or 'edit_users'
A site is affected if it runs Homey theme version 2.4.1 or earlier and contains authenticated users with elevated privileges they should not possess according to their assigned role.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to Homey version 2.4.2 or later which contains the privilege assignment fix. Until patched, restrict administrative access to trusted personnel and monitor for unauthorized privilege escalation attempts.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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