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CVE-2024-13737: Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing <= 1.4.57 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion and Listing Template Creation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability checks on the motors_create_template and motors_delete_template functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.57. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts or create listing templates. This issue requires Elementor plugin to be installed, which is a required plugin for Motors Starter Theme.

Affected products

• stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin: before 1.4.58 — fixed in 1.4.58

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin 1.4.58. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/motors-car-dealership-classified-listings/tags/1.4.52/includes/class/Features/Elementor/Nuxy/TemplateManager.php#L149
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/motors-car-dealership-classified-listings/tags/1.4.52/includes/class/Features/Elementor/Nuxy/TemplateManager.php#L191
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3250931/motors-car-dealership-classified-listings/trunk/includes/class/Features/Elementor/Nuxy/TemplateManager.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04fd2d7a-fa75-4b9d-9514-5c24ca5ebc22?source=cve

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