CVE-2024-12860
Carspot Project Carspot ≤ 2.4.4
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-12860 is a critical-severity Unverified Password Change (CWE-620) vulnerability in Carspot Project Carspot. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steganography (T1001.002); ranked at the 41th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-11 (Re-authentication) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-12860 is a privilege escalation vulnerability via account takeover in the CarSpot – Dealership WordPress Classified Theme for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.4.3. The issue stems from the plugin failing to properly validate a token before updating a user's password, enabling unauthorized password changes. It is associated with CWE-620 and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating critical severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no privileges or user interaction required.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely to reset the passwords of arbitrary users, including administrators, and subsequently gain full access to those accounts. This allows complete site compromise, as attackers could escalate privileges to perform administrative actions.
Mitigation details are outlined in advisories from sources including the Wordfence threat intelligence page at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1043dce-628f-485b-bc1c-b78938c2a6f5?source=cve and the theme listing on ThemeForest at https://themeforest.net/item/carspot-automotive-car-dealer-wordpress-classified-theme/20195539. The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-18.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-4811
Vulnerability Data
The CarSpot – Dealership Wordpress Classified Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a token prior to updating…
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a user's password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Re-authentication explicitly requires users to prove identity before performing sensitive actions such as password changes.
Authenticator management requires identity verification during password distribution and changes, directly stopping unverified password updates.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requires secure management of authentication information, directly addressing the need to verify the original password before allowing a change.
Mandates secure authentication mechanisms, which include verifying existing credentials before permitting password changes.