CVE-2024-10970 Code injection in Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin

Medium 5.4 Published 16 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes due to improper validation, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-10970?

CVE-2024-10970 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin, published on 16 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The The Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.43. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10970?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Stylemixthemes Motors - Car Dealer\, Classifieds \& Listing.

How do I fix CVE-2024-10970?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2024-10970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qp95-5x4h-mjr8.