CVE-2025-1687: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive
The Cardealer theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the user email and password via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive by ThemeMakers contains a CSRF vulnerability (CWE-352) in versions up to 1.6.4 due to missing nonce validation on the 'update_user_profile' function. This flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to update sensitive user information, including email and password, by convincing an administrator to perform a crafted request. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or vendor advisory is currently provided, and the product is not a cloud service.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to change the email and password of a user account, potentially leading to account takeover and full site compromise. The attack requires tricking an administrator into performing an action, but no authentication is needed beforehand. This can result in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected WordPress site using this theme.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, administrators should avoid clicking on untrusted links and consider implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the vulnerable theme. Monitoring for updates from ThemeMakers is recommended.
CVE-2025-1687: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in ThemeMakers Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive
Description
The Cardealer theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the user email and password via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Car Dealer Automotive WordPress Theme – Responsive by ThemeMakers contains a CSRF vulnerability (CWE-352) in versions up to 1.6.4 due to missing nonce validation on the 'update_user_profile' function. This flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to update sensitive user information, including email and password, by convincing an administrator to perform a crafted request. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or vendor advisory is currently provided, and the product is not a cloud service.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to change the email and password of a user account, potentially leading to account takeover and full site compromise. The attack requires tricking an administrator into performing an action, but no authentication is needed beforehand. This can result in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected WordPress site using this theme.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, administrators should avoid clicking on untrusted links and consider implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the vulnerable theme. Monitoring for updates from ThemeMakers is recommended.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-02-25T10:38:35.575Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b17b7ef31ef0b54e095
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:35:19 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 5:06:29 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 3:42:08 PM
Views: 13
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