CVE-2026-57768
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 Houzez Login Register houzez-login-register allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez Login Register: from n/a through <= 3.3.3.
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 confidenceThe Houzez Login Register WordPress plugin by favethemes contains an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability (CWE-266) allowing privilege escalation. Users with lower-privileged accounts can escalate to higher privilege levels (likely administrator) due to improper role/permission validation in the plugin's registration or login 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
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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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Verify Houzez Login Register plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Houzez Login Register' by favethemes in the installed plugins listAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, click on the Houzez Login Register plugin to view its version number, or check the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/houzez-login-register/houzez-login-register.phpAffected if The version is 3.3.3 or lower (any version through 3.3.3)
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Confirm user registration is enabledGo to WordPress admin > Settings > General and check 'Membership: Anyone can register' is ticked, or check the Houzez plugin settings for any registration/enrollment functionalityAffected if User registration is enabled on the site
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Inspect user accounts for unexpected privilege escalationNavigate to WordPress admin > Users and review the list of users. Check the role column for any accounts that have been assigned privileges higher than what they should legitimately have (such as Administrator role created by a low-privilege user)Affected if There are user accounts with unexpected elevated roles, particularly Administrator roles that were not created through the default WordPress admin process
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Check plugin role assignment configurationReview the Houzez Login Register plugin settings in WordPress admin > Houzez > Login Register (or similar) to see what default role is assigned to new users registering through the pluginAffected if The plugin assigns Administrator or another high-privilege role to newly registered users by default
If the Houzez Login Register plugin is installed at version 3.3.3 or lower AND user registration is enabled, the site may be vulnerable to privilege escalation and should be investigated for unauthorized admin accounts.
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 dataUpdate Houzez Login Register to the latest version beyond 3.3.3. If unable to update immediately, disable the plugin or restrict user registration until a patch is applied. Review existing user accounts for unauthorized privilege escalation.
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