Frontend Dashboard, CVE-2025-4473

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-4473
Home page URL: Security reports for Frontend Dashboard
Application: Frontend Dashboard
Published on: May 13, 2025
Research Description: The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_request() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to control where the plugin sends outgoing emails. By pointing SMTP to their own server, attackers could capture password reset emails intended for administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.
Affected versions: Min -, max 2.2.8.
Status: vulnerable