{"id":"CVE-2025-13764","title":"The WP CarDealer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.16","summary":"The WP CarDealer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.16. This is due to the 'WP_CarDealer_User::process_register' function not restricting what user roles a user can regist…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"published":"2025-12-11","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T10:10:00.227","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13764","references":[{"url":"https://themeforest.net/item/boxcar-automotive-car-dealer-wordpress-theme/49741717","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4893d9c-e039-43df-80b9-dbe42374caed?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00349,"epssPercentile":0.26366,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T10:28:24.602Z","slug":"CVE-2025-13764","body":"## Overview\n\nThe WP CarDealer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.16. This is due to the 'WP_CarDealer_User::process_register' function not restricting what user roles a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}