CVE-2025-1682

Published: Feb 28, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Cardealer theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4 due to missing capability check on the 'save_settings' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify the default user role.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (3)

https://themeforest.net/item/car-dealer-automotive-wordpress-theme-responsive/8574708

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://webtemplatemasters.com/cardealer/changelog/#v165

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e337281-f05e-486c-9491-161365af252a?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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