Is CVE-2026-96563 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96563 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-96563?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.4, published 10 October 2026.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96563?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-96563 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-96563?

Check whether you run ThemeMove The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-96563: The Motors Car Dealership Classified Listings Plugin stored XSS

CVE-2026-96563 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.4 · Published 2026-10-10

The Motors plugin for WordPress, used to manage car dealership and classified listings, allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access to inject malicious scripts that execute when other users view affected pages. This could enable attackers to steal credentials, deface content, or redirect users to malicious sites without the website owner's knowledge.

Vendors: ThemeMove.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-96563 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96563 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-96563?: Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.4, published 10 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: ThemeMove The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin up to 1.4.123.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96563?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-96563 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-96563?: Check whether you run ThemeMove The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape the 'stm_f_s' parameter, allowing authenticated subscribers to store arbitrary JavaScript in the database. The vulnerability is compounded by the stm_ajax_add_a_car AJAX handler nonce being exposed in wp_footer on every page, eliminating the practical barrier to exploitation even at subscriber level.

Affected products

ThemeMove The Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin up to 1.4.123

Timeline

2026-10-10: disclosed

References

This page as Markdown. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link back.