CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme <= 2.4.3 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset/Account Takeover
CVE-2024-12860Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.4.3Update to 2.4.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme carspot
- Affected≤ 2.4.3
- Patched in2.4.4
Update to 2.4.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.4.3. Version 2.4.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.4.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Lucio Sá.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting <2.4.6Update to 2.4.6 | CVE-2025-69317 | |
| Medium6.4 | Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.2.3Update to 2.2.4 | — | |
| High7.5 | Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤2.2.3Update to 2.2.4 | — | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting <2.1.7Update to 2.1.7 | CVE-2019-15870 |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
<2.4.6Update to 2.4.6
- Medium6.4Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.2.3Update to 2.2.4
- High7.5Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤2.2.3Update to 2.2.4
- Medium6.4Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<2.1.7Update to 2.1.7
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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