CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme
- Plugin slug
carspot- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 18, 2025
This CVE was published Feb 18, 2025 and is one of 3 known issues for this theme.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a token prior to updating a user's password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H