Motors Plugin up to 5.6.67 on WordPress Password Update unverified password change

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Motors Plugin up to 5.6.67 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function of the component Password Update Handler. The manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-4322. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Motors Plugin up to 5.6.67 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Password Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-620. When setting a new password for a user, the product does not require knowledge of the original password, or using another form of authentication. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Motors theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.67. This is due to the theme not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-4322 since 05/05/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/20/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15813). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Motors Plugin

Version

• 5.6.0
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.2
• 5.6.3
• 5.6.4
• 5.6.5
• 5.6.6
• 5.6.7
• 5.6.8
• 5.6.9
• 5.6.10
• 5.6.11
• 5.6.12
• 5.6.13
• 5.6.14
• 5.6.15
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• 5.6.18
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• 5.6.25
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• 5.6.30
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• 5.6.34
• 5.6.35
• 5.6.36
• 5.6.37
• 5.6.38
• 5.6.39
• 5.6.40
• 5.6.41
• 5.6.42
• 5.6.43
• 5.6.44
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• 5.6.49
• 5.6.50
• 5.6.51
• 5.6.52
• 5.6.53
• 5.6.54
• 5.6.55
• 5.6.56
• 5.6.57
• 5.6.58
• 5.6.59
• 5.6.60
• 5.6.61
• 5.6.62
• 5.6.63
• 5.6.64
• 5.6.65
• 5.6.66
• 5.6.67

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