Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Ultimate Dashboard Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-1523

3.5LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Ultimate Dashboard
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 April 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2025-1523?

The Ultimate Dashboard plugin for WordPress, prior to version 3.8.6, fails to properly sanitize and escape certain settings. This oversight allows users with high privileges, such as administrators, to potentially execute Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, circumventing restrictions like the 'unfiltered_html' capability. This vulnerability is particularly concerning in environments configured with multisite setups, where the risks of such attacks can escalate quickly.

Affected Version(s)

Ultimate Dashboard 0 < 3.8.6

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2025-1523 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a20768f-3128-4b0a-a06b-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.5
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krugov Artyom
WPScan
.