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CRITICAL
CVE-2025-4322
WordPress Motors Theme Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The Motors theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.67. This is due to the theme not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

INFO

Published Date :

May 20, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

May 21, 2025, 8:25 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-4322 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-4322 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-4322.

URL Resource
http://themeforest.net/item/motors-car-dealership-wordpress-theme/13987211
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61820ca5-5548-4155-b350-df3db1bc1661?source=cve

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVE-2025-4322 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Update "Account Takeover" 🔥

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 23, 2025, 9:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Security, sysadmin, and automation scripts for Linux, Windows, and more. Open source & GPL v2

Shell Python

Updated: 2 days, 11 hours ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2025, 5:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2025, 9:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Motors <= 5.6.67 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Update/Account Takeover

Python

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2025, 3:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 21, 2025, 10:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 days, 11 hours ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 20, 2025, 8:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

PoC_cve_list

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 20, 2025, 7:03 a.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 5 days, 17 hours ago
575 stars 42 fork 42 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1285 different CVEs too.

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 2 days ago
7078 stars 1188 fork 1188 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 809 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-4322 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • BleepingComputer
WordPress Motors theme flaw mass-exploited to hijack admin accounts

Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress theme "Motors" to hijack administrator accounts and gain complete control of a targeted site. The malicious activi ... Read more

Published Date: Jun 21, 2025 (3 weeks, 1 day ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Urgent WordPress Alert: Motors Theme Flaw (CVE-2025-4322) Actively Exploited for Site Takeover

Last month, a critical vulnerability was reported to Wordfence that now threatens more than 22,000 WordPress websites using the popular Motors automotive dealership theme. Tracked as CVE-2025-4322 and ... Read more

Published Date: Jun 20, 2025 (3 weeks, 3 days ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-4322 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Motors theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.67. This is due to the theme not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-620
    Added Reference http://themeforest.net/item/motors-car-dealership-wordpress-theme/13987211
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61820ca5-5548-4155-b350-df3db1bc1661?source=cve
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-4322 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-4322 weaknesses.

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