CVE-2025-2276: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2025-2276) due to a missing capability check in the handlemoduleactions function in versions up to and including 3.8.7. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 25, 2025, affecting the plugin's module activation/deactivation functionality (NVD Database).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction needed, unchanged scope, no impact on confidentiality, low impact on integrity, and no impact on availability (NVD Database).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to activate or deactivate plugin modules without proper authorization. This unauthorized access to module management functionality could potentially affect the WordPress dashboard's configuration and functionality (NVD Database).

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 3.8.7 once available. Until then, site administrators should review and possibly restrict user roles that have access to the WordPress dashboard to minimize potential exploitation (NVD Database).