Description

The CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a token prior to updating a user's password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12860

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: scriptsbundle

Product: CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.94% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1043dce-628f-485b-bc1c-b78938c2a6f5?source=cve
https://themeforest.net/item/carspot-automotive-car-dealer-wordpress-classified-theme/20195539

Timeline