File deletion in Motors Car Dealership WordPress plugin
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StylemixThemes | Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin | up to 1.4.128 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- 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.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116617
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-pjj3-fc28-8c9m
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9760bf39-6ec3-416e-95f0-3b3ce3ecdf7f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/motors-car-dealership-classified-listings/tags/1.4.126/templates/user/private/become-dealer.php#L168
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/motors-car-dealership-classified-listings/tags/1.4.126/includes/user-extra.php#L449
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/motors-car-dealership-classified-listings/tags/1.4.126/includes/helpers.php#L1400
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/motors-car-dealership-classified-listings/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3774781%40motors-car-dealership-classified-listings%2Ftags%2F1.4.129&old=3766015%40motors-car-dealership-classified-listings%2Ftags%2F1.4.128
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Sources
- CVE-2026-116617 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116617 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pjj3-fc28-8c9m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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