# CVE-2026-16750: Missing authorization in Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin

> Unauthenticated attackers can access private, draft, and password-protected car listings due to missing authorization checks in the Motors WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 18 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v742-3q56-7wc3

## What is CVE-2026-16750?

CVE-2026-16750 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin, published on 17 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to missing authorization checks in mvl_ajax_dealer_load_cars() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.120. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve draft, pending, private, and future car listings belonging to arbitrary users.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16750?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-16750?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16750 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-16750 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-16750 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-16750 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin, published on 17 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin. 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-2026-16750/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16750/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16750
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16750
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-16750

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16750/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.