VDB-297919 · CVE-2025-1682 · GCVE-0-2025-1682

ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive Theme up to 1.6.4 on WordPress Setting save_settings authorization

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.4	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive Theme up to 1.6.4 on WordPress. The affected element is the function save_settings of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1682. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive Theme up to 1.6.4 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function save_settings of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared by István Márton. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-1682 since 02/25/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.6.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at webtemplatemasters.com.

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

ThemeMakers

Name

Car Dealer Automotive Theme

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.8
CNA Vector (Wordfence): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Car Dealer Automotive Theme 1.6.5

Timelineinfo

02/25/2025 🔍
02/28/2025 +3 days 🔍
02/28/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/28/2025 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: István Márton
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1682 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1682
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-297919

Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2025 02:43
Changes: 02/28/2025 02:43 (68)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103