TI-2025-01310 Aliases CVE-2025-1523 GHSA-4mpp-jp65-h4rw

Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS

LOW 17CWE-79Published 2025-04-17 · Updated 2025-04-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Ultimate Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.8.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00272 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Fixed Ultimate Dashboard (Unknown): 3.8.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Ultimate Dashboard	before 3.8.6	3.8.6	Patch available	CNA

Ultimate Dashboard VendorUnknown Affected before 3.8.6 Fixed in 3.8.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:davidvongries:ultimate_dashboard::::::wordpress::*	before 3.8.6	Vulnerable	David Vongries

cpe:2.3:a:davidvongries:ultimate_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.8.6 Vulnerable ·David Vongries

Remediation

Fix · CNA Ultimate Dashboard (Unknown) Fixed in 3.8.6

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2025-04-17
Ultimate Dashboard 3.8.6
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-01312 Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2025-01311 Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 50
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1523
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4mpp-jp65-h4rw

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a20768f-3128-4b0a-a06b-2247f3e02c99/

TI-2025-01312 Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
TI-2025-01311 Ultimate Dashboard < 3.8.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
TI-2023-27733 WordPress Ultimate Dashboard Plugin <= 3.7.11 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
TI-2023-04354 Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.7.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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