CVE-2025-14736 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.28.29 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator via Role Form Field
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to administrator by manipulating role fields in the registration form, requiring access to a form with a Role field.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14736?
CVE-2025-14736 is a critical vulnerability in shabti Frontend Admin by DynamiApps, published on 9 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.28.29. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied role values in the 'validate_value', 'pre_update_value', and 'get_fields_display' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as administrators and gain complete control of the site, granted they can access a user registration form containing a Role field.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14736?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14736 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14736 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cp49-57ww-rmvr.