CVE-2024-8268 Frontend Dashboard <= 2.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Function Call
Authenticated subscribers can execute arbitrary functions to escalate privileges by changing user passwords in the Frontend Dashboard plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8268?
CVE-2024-8268 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in vinoth06 Frontend Dashboard, published on 10 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8268?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Buffercode Frontend Dashboard.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2024-8268 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8268 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-728q-f8mc-xgq3.