WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Modules Activation/Deactivation

Description

The Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the handle_module_actions function in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate/deactivate plugin modules.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.8.8

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
mikemyers
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-03-25 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-03-25 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-03-25 (about 1 year ago)

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