What is CVE-2024-12860?

CVE-2024-12860 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Carspot_project Carspot, classified under CWE-620. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-12860?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12860 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Carspot_project Carspot

CVE-2024-12860

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…

EPSS: 0.005 (36.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Carspot_project Carspot
Scriptsbundle Carspot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-620

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12860?: CVE-2024-12860 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Carspot_project Carspot, classified under CWE-620. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-12860?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12860 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.