CVE-2025-1524 Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admins can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in Ultimate Dashboard, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite setups.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1524?
CVE-2025-1524 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ultimate Dashboard, published on 17 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Ultimate Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.8.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1524?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Davidvongries Ultimate Dashboard.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1524?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-1524 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1524 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ultimate Dashboard
- CVE-2023-50828 WordPress Ultimate Dashboard Plugin <= 3.7.11 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-4726 Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.7.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings
- CVE-2025-1523 Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2025-1525 Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9fw4-p66g-p3hh.