Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-2276Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Modules Activation/Deactivation

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard from davidvongries. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the handle_module_actions function in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate/deactivate plugin modules.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
davidvongries Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard 0 – through 3.8.7

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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