CVE-2025-3437 Missing authorization in Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin

Medium 4.3 Published 8 Apr 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can modify data by executing unauthorized set-up actions due to missing capability checks in the Motors WordPress plugin.

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-2025-3437?

CVE-2025-3437 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin, published on 8 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in the ajax_actions.php file in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.66. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute several initial set-up actions.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3437?

It affects 1 product.

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

How do I fix CVE-2025-3437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-3437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v7q3-hjjc-4w7f.