PT-2025-9040 · WordPress · Cardealer Theme For Wordpress

István Márton · Published 2025-02-27 · Updated 2025-03-05 · CVE-2025-1682

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cardealer theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.6.4

Description The issue is related to a missing capability check on the save settings function, which allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to modify the default user role, thus enabling privilege escalation.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.6.4, consider disabling the save settings function until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to the settings modification functionality to minimize the risk of privilege escalation. Update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the save settings function.

Fix

LPE

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-1682

Affected Products

Cardealer Theme For Wordpress

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1682 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1895255687103431120 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1895731139978854421 · Twitter Post
• https://webtemplatemasters.com/cardealer/changelog/#v165 · Note
• https://themeforest.net/item/car-dealer-automotive-wordpress-theme-responsive/8574708 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112731 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19105 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e337281-f05e-486c-9491-161365af252a?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/vulns_space/status/1895271773643358238 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1895260223650070864 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1895359890727608554 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1897240748220932583 · Twitter Post