What is CVE-2025-1682?

CVE-2025-1682 is a high-severity vulnerability in Thememakers Car Dealer Automotive Wordpress Theme – Responsive, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2025-1682?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-1682 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Thememakers Car Dealer Automotive Wordpress Theme – Responsive

CVE-2025-1682

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.006 (43.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Thememakers Car Dealer Automotive Wordpress Theme – Responsive — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1682?: CVE-2025-1682 is a high-severity vulnerability in Thememakers Car Dealer Automotive Wordpress Theme – Responsive, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-1682?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-1682 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.