CVE-2025-13764 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WP CarDealer plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.16. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a flaw in the 'WP_CarDealer_User::process_register' function to register as administrators, gaining full control of the compromised site. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ApusTheme | WP CarDealer | >= 0, <= 1.2.16CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.