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High · 8.8 CVE-2025-1682 EUVD-2025-5486GHSA-p8qq-75v8-px25

Cardealer <= 1.6.4 - Arbitrary Theme Option Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive ≤ 1.6.4 —

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