CVE-2025-4104 (GCVE-0-2025-4104)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-07 09:21 – Updated: 2025-05-07 13:29
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vinoth06 Frontend Dashboard Affected: 1.0 , ≤ 2.2.6 (semver)
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Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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