CVE-2025-4473 Missing authorization in Frontend Dashboard
Authenticated subscribers can exploit missing authorization in Frontend Dashboard to hijack admin password resets and escalate privileges.
- 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-2025-4473?
CVE-2025-4473 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in vinoth06 Frontend Dashboard, published on 13 May 2025. 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 Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_request() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to control where the plugin sends outgoing emails. By pointing SMTP to their own server, attackers could capture password reset emails intended for administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4473?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4473?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4473 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-4473 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4473 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r5fm-cfwf-f9jw.