Vulnerability CVE-2024-8268


Published: 2024-09-10

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-94

(Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d66694a-c99f-44f8-8004-1a47ad9f9250?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.4/route/class-fed-request.php#L29
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3147868/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.5/route/class-fed-request.php?old=3048034&old_path=frontend-dashboard%2Ftags%2F2.2.4%2Froute%2Fclass-fed-request.php

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