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File deletion in Motors Car Dealership WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Motors: Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin for WordPress is affected up to and including 1.4.128. The stm_save_user_extra_fields() function saves the stm_dealer_logo_path profile value without checking that the path belongs to the submitting user (CWE-22). An authenticated attacker with Subscriber access or higher can delete image files under wp-content/uploads that belong to other users, but files outside that directory cannot be reached.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05

Description from the CNA

The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.128 The vulnerability exists because `stm_save_user_extra_fields()`, hooked to `personal_options_update`, writes the attacker-controlled `stm_dealer_logo_path` parameter directly to user meta without an ownership check binding the submitted path to the submitting user — unlike the `stm_payment_status` and `stm_lost_password_hash` fields, this field is not gated by a `manage_options` or `edit_users` capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete image files belonging to other users under `wp-content/uploads` — including other users' avatars, dealer logos, and uploaded media — by storing a crafted path via their own profile and then triggering `unlink()` through the become-dealer form on their author page. Note that the two path guards (`stm_mvl_is_path_within_uploads` and `stm_mvl_is_allowed_image_file`) do restrict the attack surface to files with an image extension that resolve within the uploads basedir; files outside that directory, such as `wp-config.php` or plugin PHP files, cannot be reached.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00492 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
StylemixThemesMotors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Pluginup to 1.4.128—No fix listedCNA
  • Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin VendorStylemixThemes Affected up to 1.4.128 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:stylemixthemes:motors_-_car_dealer\,_classifieds_\&_listing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——StylemixThemes
  • cpe:2.3:a:stylemixthemes:motors_-_car_dealer\,_classifieds_\&_listing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·StylemixThemes

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Motors: Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116617
  2. 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-pjj3-fc28-8c9m
  3. 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-11-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

  • TI-2024-01413 MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education <= 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-00364 MasterStudy LMS < 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-24620 WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2023-02655 BookIt <= 2.3.7 - Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05535 MasterStudy LMS < 3.3.24 - Privilege Escalation to Instructor CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2024-24618 WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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