Description

The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_request() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to control where the plugin sends outgoing emails. By pointing SMTP to their own server, attackers could capture password reset emails intended for administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-05-13T06:40:54.828Z

Last Modified :

2025-05-13T13:53:38.690Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-4473 vulnerability.

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REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-4473.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.7/includes/admin/function-admin.php#L3055 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.7/includes/admin/layout/settings_tab/email/class-fed-email.php#L122 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.7/route/class-fed-request.php#L35 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3290623/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-dashboard/#developers cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f3a10b5-b024-4b3f-af67-b7fcb997d368?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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