Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessFingerprint target WordPress site running Motors theme
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DeliverySend unauthenticated HTTP POST to exposed AJAX handler
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ExploitBypass missing authorization check
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ExecutionExecute unauthorized theme operation
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ImpactAchieve limited content modification or availability disruption
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires no authentication (PR:N per CVSS vector) and no user interaction (UI:N). The target WordPress site must have the Motors theme actively installed and set as the active theme at version 5.6.80 or earlier. The specific theme feature, AJAX action name, or endpoint with the missing authorization check is not disclosed in available data - Patchstack's full advisory may contain additional detail. Factors limiting exploitation: the theme is niche (automotive sector), reducing the total population of exposed hosts; scope is unchanged (S:U), so exploitation cannot pivot to affect other WordPress installations or the underlying server via this flaw alone; and the maximum impact per the CVSS vector is limited to partial integrity modification and partial availability disruption with no confidentiality exposure. |
| Impact | The NVD-assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium) reflects a meaningful but bounded threat: the attack is fully remote, requires zero privileges, and has low complexity, but impact is capped at integrity:Low and availability:Low with no confidentiality breach (C:N). This means the attacker cannot exfiltrate data but can modify site content or disrupt specific functionality. The scope is unchanged (S:U), limiting blast radius to the vulnerable component itself. No EPSS score was provided in the intelligence data, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The absence of a CISA KEV listing and no reported POC reduces urgency compared to a KEV-listed flaw with equivalent CVSS. However, the PR:N/AC:L combination means exploitation requires no skill barrier - automated WordPress scanners routinely probe for exactly this class of vulnerability. Sites running the Motors theme without a WAF or rate limiting are at realistic risk from opportunistic mass scanning. The automotive-niche deployment base constrains total exposed population but does not eliminate risk for those running the theme. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker identifies a WordPress site running the Motors theme via passive fingerprinting (e.g., theme name in page source or HTTP headers) and sends a crafted HTTP POST request to the WordPress AJAX endpoint targeting the vulnerable handler. The missing authorization check allows the request to proceed, enabling the attacker to modify theme data or trigger a denial-of-service condition on specific theme functionality without supplying any credentials. No public POC has been identified at time of analysis, but the low complexity of the attack class means any attacker familiar with WordPress broken access control patterns could develop an exploit independently. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 02, 2026
Broken access control in the Motors WordPress theme (by StyleMixThemes) versions 5.6.80 and earlier allows unauthenticated remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions, resulting in limited integrity and availability impact without requiring any credentials or user interaction. The vulnerability stems from CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), where specific theme functionality fails to enforce permission checks before executing sensitive operations. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, though the unauthenticated, low-complexity attack profile makes opportunistic exploitation straightforward for any threat actor targeting WordPress installations.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to update the Motors theme to a version released after 5.6.80 - the exact patched version is not independently confirmed in the available intelligence data, but the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/motors/vulnerability/wordpress-motors-theme-5-6-80-broken-access-control-vulnerability should be consulted for the confirmed fix version. Site administrators should update through the WordPress admin dashboard or ThemeForest. As a compensating control pending patch application, deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with WordPress-aware rulesets (e.g., Patchstack, Wordfence, or Cloudflare) can block exploitation attempts at the network layer with no functional side effects. Restricting unauthenticated access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php via server-side rules is a second option but may break legitimate frontend functionality that depends on AJAX; test in staging before applying. There is no known viable workaround that fully mitigates the missing authorization check without patching the theme code itself.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The Motors theme (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:stylemixthemes:motors:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a commercial WordPress theme by StyleMixThemes targeting automotive dealerships and car rental businesses. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): one or more theme endpoints or AJAX handlers execute privileged operations without verifying whether the requesting user has the right to do so. In WordPress, this typically manifests as theme or plugin functions hooked to 'wp_ajax_nopriv_' actions - which are accessible to unauthenticated users - that perform state-changing operations without a capability check (e.g., current_user_can()). The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U confirms the flaw is network-reachable, requires no authentication, and can be triggered without victim interaction, consistent with a missing nonce or capability gate on a publicly exposed HTTP handler.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
AV:N/PR:N confirmed by unauthenticated network-accessible AJAX handler; C:N because no data exposure is described; I:L and A:L match unauthorized modification and limited disruption impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Motors <= 5.6.80 versions.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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Unauthenticated post metadata tampering in the Motors WordPress plugin (all versions before 1.4.110) allows any remote a
Unauthenticated remote attackers can read any author's non-published car listings - including titles, prices, media URLs
Local file inclusion in StylemixThemes Motors WordPress plugin versions up to and including 1.4.109 allows remote attack
Unauthorized data modification in the Motors car dealership and classified listings plugin for WordPress (versions <= 1.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can invoke privileged actions or modify site data in the StylemixThemes Motors WordPres
Unauthenticated information disclosure in the StylemixThemes Motors WordPress plugin (car dealership and classified-list
Broken access control in the Motors WordPress plugin (StylemixThemes) prior to version 1.4.107 enables subscriber-level
Broken Access Control in the Motors WordPress plugin (car dealership and classified listings, by Stylemix) through versi
EUVD-2026-41337
GHSA-fmc6-6rcg-62mh
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