{"id":"CVE-2025-13764","aliases":["EUVD-2025-202642","GHSA-pp9r-whq8-62xh"],"status":"published","title":"WP CarDealer \u003c= 1.2.16 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation","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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00349,"percentile":0.28725,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2025-12-11T01:55:33Z","modified":"2026-10-08T10:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"apustheme","product":"wp cardealer"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4893d9c-e039-43df-80b9-dbe42374caed?source=cve"},{"url":"https://themeforest.net/item/boxcar-automotive-car-dealer-wordpress-theme/49741717"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13764"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pp9r-whq8-62xh"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-13764","title":"WP CarDealer \u003c= 1.2.16 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-11T01:55:33.057Z","modified":"2026-04-08T17:33:10.087Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:43.770144Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-202642","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-11T01:55:33Z","modified":"2026-04-08T17:33:10Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:33.344691Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-pp9r-whq8-62xh","title":"The WP CarDealer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to...","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-11T03:30:29Z","modified":"2025-12-11T03:30:35Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:05:09.214908Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-13764","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-11T03:15:57.967Z","modified":"2026-10-08T10:10:00.227Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:49.861863Z"}]}}