# CVE-2026-3892: Path traversal in Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin

> Authenticated attackers can delete arbitrary files on the server via insufficient path validation in the Motors WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2026
- **Updated:** 14 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9cxh-6r98-3gc8

## What is CVE-2026-3892?

CVE-2026-3892 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin, published on 14 May 2026. 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 arbitrary file deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.107. This is due to insufficient file path validation in the become-dealer logo upload flow. The plugin allows any authenticated user to set an arbitrary filesystem path via the profile update handler. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3892?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-3892?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-3892 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-3892 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-3892 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-3892 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in stylemix Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin, published on 14 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3892 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-2026-3892/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3892/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3892
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3892
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3892

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3892/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.