WordPress Houzez theme <= 3.2.4 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

published 2024-09-17 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19864

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in favethemes Houzez allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through 3.2.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

favethemes Houzez 3.3.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-17)

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

favethemes Houzez

Classification

Weakness

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/houzez/wordpress-houzez-theme-3-2-4-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-22303
NVD CVE-2024-22303

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Summary