Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Ultimate Dashboard WordPress Plugin
CVE-2025-1524

3.5LOW

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Ultimate Dashboard
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 April 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Ultimate Dashboard plugin for WordPress, prior to version 3.8.6, is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate sanitization and escaping of various settings. This flaw allows high privilege users, including administrators, to exploit the system and execute malicious scripts. Notably, this vulnerability can be exploited even when the unfiltered_html capability is turned off, such as in multisite configurations, posing significant security risks to websites utilizing the plugin.

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-2025-1524 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/36aed1e4-05cb-42d2-b835-...
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
.