CVE-2023-26540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Favethemes Houzez allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through 2.7.1.

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Favethemes	Houzez
Wordpress	Wordpress

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Vendors	Products
Favethemes	Houzez
Wordpress	Wordpress

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-30337	Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Favethemes Houzez allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through 2.7.1.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 2.7.2 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/houzez/wordpress-houzez-theme-2-7-1-privilege-escalation?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-05-17T06:41:55.360Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:53:52.908Z

Reserved: 2023-02-24T11:22:46.809Z

Link: CVE-2023-26540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:53:52.908Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-17T07:15:52.960

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:51:42.533

Link: CVE-2023-26540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:15:51Z

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