{"id":44907,"date":"2025-05-27T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:53:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:15:11","slug":"cve-2025-4322-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-motors-theme-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4322-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-motors-theme-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-4322: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Motors Theme for WordPress<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-4322 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Motors theme for WordPress, which is primarily used by automotive businesses for website design. The vulnerability allows for privilege escalation through account takeover and impacts all versions of the theme up to and including 5.6.67. The severity of this vulnerability is underscored by its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4759-incorrect-behavior-order-in-lockfile-lint-api-package-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51160\">potential to compromise entire systems and lead<\/a> to data leakage, underlining the necessity for quick mitigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-4322<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 out of 10)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-52880-critical-vulnerability-in-insyde-insydeh2o-kernels-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51453\">Potential system<\/a> compromise, data leakage, and unauthorized account access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1079125387\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Motors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85392\">Theme for WordPress<\/a> | Up to and including 5.6.67<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41075-high-risk-type-confusion-vulnerability-allowing-arbitrary-code-execution-with-kernel-privileges\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51562\">Motors theme&#8217;s<\/a> failure to validate a user&#8217;s identity properly before allowing password updates. This oversight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-42870-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-macos-ios-and-ipados-allows-arbitrary-code-execution-with-kernel-privileges\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51651\">allows unauthenticated attackers to change the passwords of arbitrary<\/a> users, including administrators. Once the password is changed, the attacker can easily gain access to the user&#8217;s account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32310-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-thememove-quickcal-due-to-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50460\">escalating their privileges<\/a> and potentially compromising the system or leaking data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4132025232\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Given the nature of this vulnerability, an attacker might exploit it using a simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4827-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51161\">POST request<\/a> to the password update endpoint. This could look something like the following:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/user-edit.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nuser_id=1&amp;pass1=password&amp;pass2=password<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is attempting to change the password of the user with the ID of 1 (typically the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6080-unauthorized-admin-account-creation-in-wpgym-wordpress-gym-management-system-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80593\">admin user in WordPress<\/a> installations) to &#8220;password. As the Motors theme does not properly validate the identity of the user making this request, it accepts the new password and updates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-34509-hardcoded-user-account-in-sitecore-xm-and-xp-enabling-unauthenticated-remote-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62804\">user&#8217;s account<\/a> accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to mitigate this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49002-critical-vulnerability-in-dataease-bypassing-patch-for-cve-2025-32966\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62806\">vulnerability is by applying a vendor-supplied patch<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5821-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-case-theme-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83265\">Users of the Motors theme<\/a> should ensure that they are using version 5.6.68 or later, as these versions are not affected by CVE-2025-4322. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5485-a-critical-vulnerability-pertaining-to-user-name-enumeration-in-web-management-interfaces\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62805\">users should consider employing a web<\/a> application firewall (WAF) or intrusion detection system (IDS) to protect their systems in the interim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-4322 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Motors theme for WordPress, which is primarily used by automotive businesses for website design. The vulnerability allows for privilege escalation through account takeover and impacts all versions of the theme up to and including 5.6.67. The severity of this vulnerability is underscored by its potential to compromise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-44907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44907"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78182,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44907\/revisions\/78182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44907"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=44907"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=44907"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=44907"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=44907"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=44907"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=44907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}