Motors Plugin up to 1.4.66 on WordPress Wizard ajax_actions.php authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Motors Plugin up to 1.4.66 on WordPress and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file ajax_actions.php of the component Wizard. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-3437. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Motors Plugin up to 1.4.66 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file ajax_actions.php of the component Wizard. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in the ajax_actions.php file in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.66. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute several initial set-up actions.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-3437 since 04/07/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/09/2025).

By approaching the search of inurl:ajax_actions.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Motors Plugin

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.13
• 1.4.14
• 1.4.15
• 1.4.16
• 1.4.17
• 1.4.18
• 1.4.19
• 1.4.20
• 1.4.21
• 1.4.22
• 1.4.23
• 1.4.24
• 1.4.25
• 1.4.26
• 1.4.27
• 1.4.28
• 1.4.29
• 1.4.30
• 1.4.31
• 1.4.32
• 1.4.33
• 1.4.34
• 1.4.35
• 1.4.36
• 1.4.37
• 1.4.38
• 1.4.39
• 1.4.40
• 1.4.41
• 1.4.42
• 1.4.43
• 1.4.44
• 1.4.45
• 1.4.46
• 1.4.47
• 1.4.48
• 1.4.49
• 1.4.50
• 1.4.51
• 1.4.52
• 1.4.53
• 1.4.54
• 1.4.55
• 1.4.56
• 1.4.57
• 1.4.58
• 1.4.59
• 1.4.60
• 1.4.61
• 1.4.62
• 1.4.63
• 1.4.64
• 1.4.65
• 1.4.66

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