CVE-2024-8268 describes an unauthorized code execution vulnerability in the Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.2.4. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to execute arbitrary functions, potentially leading to privilege escalation by changing user passwords. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:buffercode:frontend_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.