Auth bypass in Thememakers Car Dealer Automotive Wordpress Theme – Responsive

CVE-2025-1681

The Cardealer theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check and missing filename sanitization on the demo theme scheme AJAX functions in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change or delete arbitrary css and js files.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (27.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1681?
CVE-2025-1681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thememakers Car Dealer Automotive Wordpress Theme – Responsive, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-1681?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-1681 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.