Frontend Dashboard WordPress plugin: Privilege escalation via incorrect privilege assignment
Summary
The Frontend Dashboard WordPress plugin up to and including version 3.0.7 contains an incorrect privilege assignment that allows privilege escalation. According to the CNA record and Patchstack, a low-privilege user such as a subscriber could become an administrator and gain full control of the website. The CNA vector indicates network exploitation without authentication or user interaction; Patchstack notes the required privilege as Subscriber, and the exact preconditions are not yet verified.
Affected
- Frontend Dashboard WordPress plugin, all versions up to and including 3.0.7
- Patchstack lists the affected range as <= 3.0.7
Fixed in
- Version 3.0.8 (according to Patchstack; not confirmed by the vendor changelog for this CVE)
- Update to the latest available release
Workaround
- Unknown.
- Restrict or disable public user registration, review accounts with elevated roles, and disable the plugin if it is not essential.
Exploitation
- No evidence of exploitation in the wild was found.
- VulDB reports remote exploitation is possible; no public exploit is known.
- Patchstack describes the vulnerability as high priority and expects exploitation; CISA SSVC lists exploitation as none and automatable as yes.
Our recommendation
- Check whether the Frontend Dashboard plugin is installed and which version is running.
- Update to version 3.0.8 or later as soon as possible, or to the latest release.
- Review the site for unexpected administrator accounts and signs of compromise if version 3.0.7 or earlier was publicly reachable.
- Restrict user registration and disable the plugin if it is not needed.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Patchstack advisory CVE-2026-107424 patchstack.com
- VulDB entry 419815 vuldb.com
- Strix CVE-2026-107424 www.strix.ai
- Vulners VULNRICHMENT CVE-2026-107424 vulners.com
- OffSeq radar CVE-2026-107424 radar.offseq.com
- WordPress.org Frontend Dashboard plugin wordpress.org
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 30 Oct 2026, 18:02.
Original description (NVD)
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in M A Vinoth Kumar Frontend Dashboard frontend-dashboard allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Frontend Dashboard: from n/a through 3.0.7.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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