CVE-2025-1687 Cardealer <= 1.6.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Update via update_user_profile
Attackers can trick administrators into updating their email and password via CSRF, leading to account takeover in the Cardealer WordPress theme.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1687?
CVE-2025-1687 is a high-severity vulnerability in ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive, published on 27 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Cardealer theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the user email and password via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1687?
How do I fix CVE-2025-1687?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1687 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-1687 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1687 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5xc2-vwvc-458q.