CVE-2024-8268
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-94
Code Injection
Publication date:
10/09/2024
Last modified:
26/09/2024
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:buffercode:frontend_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 2.2.5 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.4/route/class-fed-request.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3147868/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.5/route/class-fed-request.php?old=3048034&old_path=frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.4/route/class-fed-request.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d66694a-c99f-44f8-8004-1a47ad9f9250?source=cve



