CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-6228
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to and including 3.28.36. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the role field update mechanism combined with overly permissive capabilities for the admin_form post type. The admin_form custom post type uses 'capability_type' => 'page', which grants editors the ability to create and edit forms. When an editor creates an edit_user form, they can manipulate the form configuratio
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Frontend Admin by DynamiApps","vendor":"shabti","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.28.36","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:931cec6ce8b41ff06b25dcea789bfc507bc32156772cafef24e1525908676c21 · sha256:e094a4cc7cad58b2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/admin/admin-pages/forms/post-types.php#L53"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/fields/user/class-role.php#L113"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:931cec6ce8b41ff06b25dcea789bfc507bc32156772cafef24e1525908676c21 · sha256:e094a4cc7cad58b2… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L517"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:931cec6ce8b41ff06b25dcea789bfc507bc32156772cafef24e1525908676c21 · sha256:e094a4cc7cad58b2… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3519460"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:931cec6ce8b41ff06b25dcea789bfc507bc32156772cafef24e1525908676c21 · sha256:e094a4cc7cad58b2… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/083accd0-8338-47c6-b396-96679b95dd40?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:931cec6ce8b41ff06b25dcea789bfc507bc32156772cafef24e1525908676c21 · sha256:e094a4cc7cad58b2… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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