CVE-2026-107424: Frontend Dashboard privilege escalation vulnerability

critical 9.8 published 2026-10-14

Affected versions: 3.0.7 and older
Fixed in: 3.0.8
Latest version: 3.1.1
Severity: Critical · CVSS 9.8
Active installs: 400+
Type: Privilege escalation

What an attacker needs

Access: None. No account or login is needed (per the CVSS score).

CVSS vector (score by Patchstack): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do now

Update Frontend Dashboard to 3.0.8 or newer (the latest is 3.1.1): Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
Not sure which version you run? Check your version against every known Frontend Dashboard issue. With WP-CLI: wp plugin get frontend-dashboard --field=version.
If you ran an affected version and something looks off (new admin users, spam pages, redirects), run the free scan below.

The advisory

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in M A Vinoth Kumar Frontend Dashboard frontend-dashboard allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Frontend Dashboard: from n/a through 3.0.7.

Description from the CVE record, published by Patchstack (the CVE Numbering Authority), via the NVD entry for CVE-2026-107424.

References

NVD CVE-2026-107424 nvd.nist.gov
Patchstack advisory patchstack.com

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Where this data comes from

CVE record, score and references: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Versions and install counts: wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-dashboard (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
The summary, “what an attacker needs” and “what to do” sections are our plain-English reading of the record and the plugin's release history; the quoted description is the record's own text. Spot an error? Email Daniel.