Frontend Dashboard lets subscribers delete form fields via missing check
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
The Frontend Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions. An authenticated user with low privileges, such as a subscriber, can delete the configured profile and post form fields of the plugin. The flaw is classified as improper access control (CWE-284). A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Frontend Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users with low privileges, such as subscribers, to delete the Frontend Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.0.0's configured profile and post form fields.
Why it matters now
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 | Frontend Dashboard | before 3.0.0 | 3.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Frontend Dashboard VendorUnknown Affected before 3.0.0 Fixed in 3.0.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Frontend Dashboard to version 3.0.0 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Frontend Dashboard (Unknown) Fixed in 3.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103681
- 2026-10-07 Alias added: GHSA-6c78-4wjp-3mg2
- 2026-10-07 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-07 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-103681 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103681 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6c78-4wjp-3mg2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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