CVE-2025-1682HIGH 8.8EPSS p40.6%

CVE-2025-1682CVE-2025-1682

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.53% probability of exploitation · percentile 40.6% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-02-28
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-862

References

  1. https://themeforest.net/item/car-dealer-automotive-wordpress-theme-responsive/8574708
  2. https://webtemplatemasters.com/cardealer/changelog/#v165
  3. https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e337281-f05e-486c-9491-161365af252a?source=cve

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessMissing Authorizationcwe-8620%live

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Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.