CVE-2025-4474 json
Frontend Dashboard 1.0 - 2.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via fed_admin_setting_form_function Function
published 2025-05-13 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-14368
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the fed_admin_setting_form_function() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the plugin’s 'register' role setting to make new user registrations default to the administrator role, leading to an elevation of privileges to that of an administrator.
Patch / fix
- buffercode frontend_dashboard 2.2.8
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- vinoth06 Frontend Dashboard
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fb61159a-e501-4c55-a384-b6049e0f0bc8?source=cve
- wordpress.org /plugins/frontend-dashboard/#developers
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.7/includes/admin/request/admin.php#L26
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/frontend-dashboard/tags/2.2.7/includes/admin/request/tabs/login.php#L14
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3290623/
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-4474
- NVD CVE-2025-4474
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.