Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard: Cross-site request forgery
Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request. The published affected range is <= 3.8.14.
- Component
- Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard
- Plugin slug
ultimate-dashboard- Affected
- <= 3.8.14
- Safe version
> 3.8.14- Published
- May 01, 2026
This CVE was published May 01, 2026 and is one of 9 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard to a release after 3.8.14, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Ultimate Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.14. This is due to a flawed nonce validation conditional in the 'handle_module_actions' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to toggle plugin modules on or off via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N