Houzez <= 4.1.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

4.3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2025-49952
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 11, 2025
Last Updated November 4, 2025
Researcher Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Houzez

Software Type Theme
Software Slug houzez
Patched? No
Remediation 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.
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.1

Recent vulnerabilities in Houzez

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Houzez <= 4.1.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via Saved Search CVE-2025-9191 6.3 Alex Thomas November 26, 2025
2 Houzez <= 4.1.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload CVE-2025-9163 6.1 Alex Thomas November 26, 2025
3 Houzez < 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVE-2025-62053 8.1 João Pedro Soares de Alcântara October 16, 2025
4 Houzez <= 4.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2025-49407 6.1 Rafie Muhammad August 27, 2025
5 Houzez <= 4.1.1 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVE-2025-49405 8.1 Rafie Muhammad August 27, 2025
6 Houzez <= 4.1.1 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-49406 5.3 Rafie Muhammad August 20, 2025
7 Houzez <= 4.0.4 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-53997 4.3 Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh July 16, 2025
8 Houzez <= 4.0.4 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVE-2025-53198 8.1 Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh July 1, 2025
9 Houzez <= 3.4.0 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-24754 4.3 Ananda Dhakal January 24, 2025
10 Houzez <= 3.4.1 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-24747 5.3 Ananda Dhakal January 21, 2025

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