CVE-2025-1327
📋 TL;DR
The Homey WordPress theme has an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to delete other users' accounts. This affects all Homey theme versions up to 2.4.4. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating user-controlled keys without proper validation.
💻 Affected Systems
- Homey WordPress Theme
📦 What is this software?
Homey by Favethemes
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Mass account deletion leading to complete loss of user data, service disruption, and potential business impact for sites relying on user accounts.
Likely Case
Targeted deletion of specific user accounts, potentially including administrators if their IDs are discovered, leading to access loss and data deletion.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper user role segregation and monitoring, though the vulnerability still exists in the codebase.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but only at Subscriber level, which is the lowest WordPress user role. Attack involves manipulating parameters in the 'homey_delete_user_account' action.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version 2.4.5 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/homey-booking-wordpress-theme/23338013
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes. 3. Check for Homey theme updates. 4. Update to version 2.4.5 or later. 5. Clear any caching plugins if used.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable action via functions.php
allRemove the vulnerable 'homey_delete_user_account' action hook to prevent exploitation
Add to theme's functions.php or child theme: remove_action('wp_ajax_homey_delete_user_account', 'homey_delete_user_account'); remove_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_homey_delete_user_account', 'homey_delete_user_account');
Restrict user role capabilities
allTemporarily restrict Subscriber and other low-level roles from executing AJAX actions
Use WordPress role management plugin or add capability filters to restrict 'edit_users' capability for low-level roles
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the Homey theme and switch to a different theme temporarily
- Implement web application firewall rules to block requests to the vulnerable endpoint
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Appearance > Themes for Homey theme version. If version is 2.4.4 or lower, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
Check WordPress admin panel or use: wp theme list --field=name,version --path=/path/to/wordpressVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify Homey theme version shows 2.4.5 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple DELETE or user modification requests from low-privilege accounts
- AJAX requests to 'admin-ajax.php' with action 'homey_delete_user_account' parameter
- Unexpected user account deletions in WordPress logs
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with 'action=homey_delete_user_account' parameter
- Unusual pattern of user ID parameters in requests
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("homey_delete_user_account" OR "user_deleted" FROM user_role="subscriber")