CVE-2025-32486 WordPress Material Dashboard plugin <= 1.4.6 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weak password recovery mechanism allows attackers to bypass authentication and escalate privileges in the Material Dashboard WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-32486?
CVE-2025-32486 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Hossein Material Dashboard, published on 9 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Hossein Material Dashboard material-dashboard.This issue affects Material Dashboard: from n/a through <= 1.4.6.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32486?
How do I fix CVE-2025-32486?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-32486 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-32486 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32486 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gfx-85vx-rrgg.