CVE-2025-0749
📋 TL;DR
The Homey WordPress theme has an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as the first verified user. This affects WordPress sites using Homey theme versions up to 2.4.3. Attackers can gain unauthorized access to administrative functions and user data.
💻 Affected Systems
- Homey WordPress Theme
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover where attackers gain administrative privileges, modify content, install backdoors, steal sensitive data, and potentially compromise the entire WordPress installation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to user accounts with administrative or editor privileges, leading to content manipulation, data theft, and potential privilege escalation within the WordPress environment.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if strong network controls, web application firewalls, and monitoring are in place to detect and block authentication anomalies.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability requires no authentication and appears to be straightforward to exploit based on the CWE-288 description.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 2.4.3
Vendor Advisory: https://favethemes.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4407721124884-Changelog
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes. 3. Check if Homey theme is active. 4. Update to the latest version (above 2.4.3). 5. Verify the update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Homey Theme
allSwitch to a different WordPress theme temporarily until patched
Navigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin and activate a different theme
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock requests to the vulnerable dashboard user profile page
Configure WAF to block requests containing suspicious 'verification_id' parameters
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit access to WordPress admin interface
- Enable detailed authentication logging and monitoring for suspicious login attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Appearance > Themes > Homey theme details for version numberCheck Version:
Check WordPress admin panel or view theme's style.css file version headerVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm Homey theme version is above 2.4.3 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual authentication attempts from unknown IPs
- Successful logins without proper authentication flow
- Access to admin functions from unexpected user accounts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to user profile pages with empty or manipulated verification_id parameters
- Unusual traffic patterns to WordPress admin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (event="authentication" AND result="success" AND user_agent="*" | where verification_id="" OR verification_id=null)