# CVE-2025-4322: Motors <= 5.6.67 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Update/Account Takeover

> Unauthenticated attackers can change arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, to take over accounts and escalate privileges in the Motors WordPress theme.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 May 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5xrp-299q-mxxj

## What is CVE-2025-4322?

CVE-2025-4322 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in StylemixThemes Motors - Car Dealer, Rental & Listing WordPress theme, published on 20 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Motors theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.67. This is due to the theme not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

Weakness: CWE-620 (Unverified Password Change)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4322?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-4322?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4322 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4322 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4322 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/IndominusRexes/CVE-2025-4322-Exploit (github_poc): https://github.com/IndominusRexes/CVE-2025-4322-Exploit
- Motors <= 5.6.67 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Update/Account Takeover (github_poc): https://github.com/Yucaerin/CVE-2025-4322
- CVE-2025-4322 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Update "Account Takeover" 🔥 (github_poc): https://github.com/gmh5225/Blackash-CVE-2025-4322
- Escaner de identificacion de vulnerabilidades para CVE-2025-4322 (github_poc): https://github.com/zedeq/WP-CVE-2025-4322---Scan
- Motors <= 5.6.67 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Update/Account Takeover (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-4322.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4322 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4322 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in StylemixThemes Motors - Car Dealer, Rental & Listing WordPress theme, published on 20 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4322 exists.

Affected product: StylemixThemes Motors - Car Dealer, Rental & Listing WordPress theme. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4322/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4322/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4322
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4322
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4322

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4322/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.