Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-49407

CVE-2025-49407:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in favethemes Houzez WordPress theme, identified as CVE-2025-49407. The vulnerability affects versions through 4.1.1 and allows for Reflected XSS attacks. The issue was disclosed on August 27, 2025, and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting). It has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required for exploitation (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.1.4 of the Houzez theme. Users are advised to update to version 4.1.4 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).