Frontend Dashboard <= 2.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Function Call

8.8
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-8268
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published September 9, 2024
Last Updated September 10, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá

Description

The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized code execution due to insufficient filtering on callable methods/functions via the ajax_request() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to call arbitrary functions that can be leverage for privilege escalation by changing user's passwords.

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Vulnerability Details for Frontend Dashboard

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug frontend-dashboard (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.2.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.4
Patched Version
  • 2.2.5

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