CVE-2025-53997
WordPress Houzez theme <= 4.0.4 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez houzez allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through <= 4.0.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
WordPress Houzez theme <= 4.0.4 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez houzez allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through <= 4.0.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-53997- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-21683
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez houzez allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through <= 4.0.4.
- Record
EUVD-2025-21683- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rrc2-xq3v-fw2g
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through 4.0.4.
- Record
GHSA-rrc2-xq3v-fw2g- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in favethemes Houzez houzez allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through <= 4.0.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-53997- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-53997 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Favethemes Houzez, published July 16, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/houzez/vulnerability/wordpress-houzez-theme-4-0-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53997
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/houzez/vulnerability/wordpress-houzez-theme-4-0-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrc2-xq3v-fw2g