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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-116617

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...

The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.

At a glance

Exploited
Not known
Severity
8.1 High (CVSS 3.1)
Chance of exploitation
0.5% in the next 30 days
Sources
1 source

What to do

Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and fixes.

Read NVD CVE-2026-116617 (opens a new tab)

What happened

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.

Scores and how they were measured

CVSS base severity

8.1

Version 3.1As of

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Measurement source (opens a new tab)

How bad it is if exploited. Not a prediction of exploitation or proof you are exposed.

EPSS probability

0.5%

Scored Percentile 42.4%

Model and measurement source (opens a new tab)

A model's estimate of exploitation in the next 30 days, not certainty or your own risk.

Related technology

Sources

  1. Primary source

    NVD CVE-2026-116617 (opens a new tab)

    NVD record: description, CVSS (the CNA score is preferred), affected products, and publication date. Not evidence of exploitation.

    Published Checked

  2. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

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    FIRST measured EPSS score (opens a new tab)

    Measured EPSS probability and percentile for CVE-2026-116617, scored 2026-11-05. This is a model estimate, not proof of exposure.

    Published Checked

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, November 5). 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... (CVE-2026-116617). https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-116617

MLA

"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... (CVE-2026-116617)." KEVWire, 5 Nov. 2026, kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-116617.

Chicago

KEVWire. "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... (CVE-2026-116617)." Last modified November 5, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-116617.

Evidence summary (plain text)

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... (Nov 5, 2026).
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.
CVSS 8.1 (version 3.1; evidence as of Nov 5, 2026; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116617).
EPSS 0.5% for the following 30 days, scored Nov 5, 2026 (https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-116617&date=2026-11-05).
Sources:
NVD CVE-2026-116617: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116617
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-05T20:51:23.450Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-05T22:25:57.582Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=1000
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-05T20:16:05.862Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-05T21:50:58.884Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=1000
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-05T05:05:59.345Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-05T06:45:56.687Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-05T04:30:59.922Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-05T06:05:57.271Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-05T03:51:01.389Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-05T05:30:55.859Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
FIRST measured EPSS score: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-116617&date=2026-11-05
Record ID: CVE-2026-116617.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
Known exploitation: Not assessed.
Zero-day status: Not assessed. KEV membership alone does not establish zero-day status.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Nov 5, 2026, 19:11 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

NVD status: Deferred. Publication in the NVD is not evidence of exploitation.

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