CVE-2026-6079

Material Dashboard <= 1.4.10 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Task Enumeration, Execution, and Deletion

2026-08-04 18:26
Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan (NomanProdhan)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.4.11
Affected Plugin
Material Dashboard
Affected Version
<= 1.4.10
CVSS
7.3High
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2026-6079
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At a glance

CVE-2026-6079 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Material Dashboard WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.4.10. It carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.11; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan (NomanProdhan).

Vulnerability Overview

The Material Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to missing capability checks on the amd_ajax_target_task_manager() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enumerate all scheduled tasks (potentially exposing PII), execute arbitrary tasks, and delete any task via the public_amd_ajax_handler AJAX action.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Material Dashboard <= 1.4.10 carries this weakness at amd_ajax_target_task_manager(), and reaching it takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Material Dashboard the fix is 1.4.11: builds <= 1.4.10 are affected, anything from 1.4.11 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.4.11, or a newer patched version

How WordSec helps

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Material Dashboard 1.4.11 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6079https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/459b7fef-806c-4f5b-bb31-b7197750e941https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6079

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