Frontend Dashboard <= 2.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Function Call

2024-09-09 00:00

Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.2.5

Affected PluginFrontend Dashboard

Affected Version<= 2.2.4

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2024-8268

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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')) The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8268 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d66694a-c99f-44f8-8004-1a47ad9f9250

CVSS Vector

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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