CVE-2025-49406
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through 4.1.1.
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 confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez theme allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access functionality that should be protected by access control lists (ACLs). This is a Broken Access Control (BAC) issue where the theme fails to properly verify user permissions before executing certain functions.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
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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Confirm Houzez theme installationCheck your WordPress theme directory (wp-content/themes/) for the presence of the 'houzez' theme folder. Look for theme files like style.css which typically contain the theme name and version in the header comments.Affected if The Houzez theme by favethemes is installed on the WordPress site
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Identify sensitive theme functionalityReview the theme's PHP files for functions that handle user data, property submissions, agent management, or other administrative actions. Look for action hooks (add_action) and callback functions that process sensitive operations.Affected if The theme contains functionality that should require authorization (e.g., user management, property CRUD operations, settings changes)
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Test for unauthenticated access to sensitive endpointsAttempt to access theme-specific AJAX actions or form submissions without providing authentication credentials. Check common endpoints like admin-ajax.php?action=houzez_ and other theme-specific action parameters.Affected if Sensitive theme functions respond successfully to unauthenticated requests without returning authorization errors
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Verify role and capability checks existInspect theme PHP files for proper authorization checks using functions like current_user_can(), check_admin_referer(), or similar WordPress capability verification functions before executing sensitive operations.Affected if Theme code lacks capability checks (current_user_can) or nonce verification before executing functions that modify data or access sensitive information
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Check user role configurationIn WordPress admin, navigate to Users > Users and verify which user roles exist. Also check if any custom roles created by Houzez (like 'houzez_agent' or 'houzez_owner') have elevated permissions that may be improperly exposed.Affected if Custom Houzez user roles with elevated permissions exist and theme functionality does not properly validate these roles
A site is affected if the Houzez theme is installed and sensitive functions can be accessed or executed without proper user authorization or capability verification.
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 dataImplement proper authorization checks ( capability checks or role verification) on all sensitive functionality in the Houzez theme, ensuring that users can only access features they're permitted to use based on their role and capabilities.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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