Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.29.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Password Reset via Encrypted Object Token
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.29.9. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level and above permissions, to reset the password of any user on the site, including administrators, leading to full account takeover and complete site compromise. Exploitation requires the attacker to hold a valid encrypted Current-User token obtained by accessing any Edit User form they are legitimately authorized to submit, which they then use as a known-plaintext base for the CBC bit-flipping forgery.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15606
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rhhg-4g4v-rqcf
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5aa9b71-67e4-4049-8dd4-23b76dbd87bb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.5/main/helpers.php#L687
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.5/main/frontend/forms/classes/submit.php#L36
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.5/main/frontend/fields/user/class-user-password.php#L146
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.5/main/frontend/forms/classes/submit.php#L54
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3633030/acf-frontend-form-element
More shabti vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-12196 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.28.20 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-53069 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.29.12 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via '_acf_objects' Object Identifier CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-15147 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.29.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'item_id' Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-13454 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.28.29 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator via Role Form Field CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-03475 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.19.4 - Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Form Manipulation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-13459 Missing authorization in shabti Frontend Admin by DynamiApps CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-15606 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15606 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rhhg-4g4v-rqcf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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