CVE-2025-1682

high

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.

References

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-02-28

Updated: 2025-02-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00044