Dashboard Widget Sidebar

Dashboard Widget Sidebar has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.3, and the most serious one scores 4.3 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Missing Authorization, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Dashboard Widget Sidebar has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.

All of these findings were reported by Kévin Mosbahi (Mika). Dashboard Widget Sidebar is installed on roughly 400 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.2.39.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.3/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 4.3CVE-2025-53293

Dashboard Widget Sidebar <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-06-27 00:00	Dashboard Widget Sidebar <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization Dashboard Widget Sidebar <= 1.2.3	`CVE-2025-53293`	4.3 Medium	Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)	No

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Latestv1.2.3

Dashboard Widget Sidebar

Author

Morten Dalgaard Johansen

5.0(8)

100/100

Last Updated

2015-04-21 (12y ago)

Active Installs

400+

Downloads

13,387

Requires WP

3.3+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 4.2.39

Created

2013-01-24 (14y ago)

Enable regulare widgets to be used as Dashboard Widgets in admin. This plugin adds a new widget area to the Appearance -> Widgets section in WordPress admin, from where you can add regulare widgets to the WordPress admin dashboard. Donations

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