ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive Theme up to 1.6.3 on WordPress wp-config.php delete_post_photo/add_car path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive Theme up to 1.6.3 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function delete_post_photo/add_car of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-1282. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive Theme up to 1.6.3 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function delete_post_photo/add_car of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_post_photo() and add_car() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The add_car() function may also make it possible to read arbitrary files.

The weakness was disclosed by Tonn. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1282 since 02/13/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• ThemeMakers

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• Car Dealer Automotive Theme

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• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3

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