Houzez <= 3.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE CVE-2024-22303
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published September 17, 2024
Last Updated October 4, 2024
Researcher luc
Description

The Houzez theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This is due to the houzez_ajax_password_reset function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to reseting a password. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to gain administrative access to vulnerable sites.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug houzez (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.4
Patched Version
  • 3.3.0
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