CVE-2023-26009 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Favethemes Houzez Login Register allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez Login Register: from n/a through 2.6.3.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0061.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Favethemes	Houzez

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-29896	Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Favethemes Houzez Login Register allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez Login Register: from n/a through 2.6.3.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 2.6.4 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/houzez-login-register/wordpress-houzez-login-register-plugin-2-6-3-privilege-escalation?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Favethemes Favethemes houzez
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:favethemes:houzez::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Favethemes Favethemes houzez
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in favethemes Houzez Login Register allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez Login Register: from n/a through 2.6.3.	Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Favethemes Houzez Login Register allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez Login Register: from n/a through 2.6.3.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-05-17T06:40:58.151Z

Updated: 2025-08-27T03:34:01.068Z

Reserved: 2023-02-17T14:26:06.169Z

Link: CVE-2023-26009

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:39:06.204Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-17T07:15:51.920

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:50:35.507

Link: CVE-2023-26009

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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