Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14736Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.28.29 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator via Role Form Field
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in Frontend Admin by DynamiApps from shabti. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| shabti | Frontend Admin by DynamiApps | 0 – through 3.28.29 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07eb71fc-6588-490d-8947-3077ec4a9045?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3427243/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/fields/user/class-role.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3472098%40acf-frontend-form-element&new=3472098%40acf-frontend-form-element&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=