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CVE-2025-13764: WP CarDealer <= 1.2.16 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 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: 2025-12-11 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The WP CarDealer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.16. This is due to the 'WP_CarDealer_User::process_register' function not restricting what user roles a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site.

Affected products

• ApusTheme WP CarDealer: through 1.2.16

References

• https://themeforest.net/item/boxcar-automotive-car-dealer-wordpress-theme/49741717
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4893d9c-e039-43df-80b9-dbe42374caed?source=cve

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