Description
The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the fed_admin_setting_form_function() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the plugin’s 'register' role setting to make new user registrations default to the administrator role, leading to an elevation of privileges to that of an administrator.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
27.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-285
Status
published
Products (1)
vinoth06/Frontend Dashboard
1.0 - 2.2.7
Published
May 13, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026