CVE-2025-1682 HIGH

CVE-2025-1682: Cardealer <= 1.6.4 - Arbitrary Theme Option Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Vendor Thememakers
Product Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published February 27, 2025
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 27, 2025 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated