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CVE-2025-4104

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the fed_wp_ajax_fed_login_form_post() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the administrator’s email and password, and elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published5/7/2025

Last Modified5/7/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-285

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.6/includes/frontend/request/login/index.php#L21(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.6/includes/frontend/request/login/register.php#L16(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.7/includes/frontend/request/login/validation.php(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3288562/(security@wordfence.com)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-dashboard/#developers(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31e518a9-316b-40a4-ada7-317fb2c16766?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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