The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.29.9. The vulnerability exists because ActionUser::conditions_logic() gates the current_user_can('edit_user', $user_id) authorization check behind an is_numeric() test, causing the check to be skipped entirely when $user_id is a non-numeric string — a condition that can be induced by passing a crafted value such as 1one through the unvalidated item_id parameter of the unauthenticated wp_ajax_nopriv_frontend_admin/forms/change_form AJAX endpoint. This makes it possible for attackers to escalate privileges to administrator by obtaining a server-signed _acf_objects payload carrying the non-numeric user ID, which WordPress subsequently coerces to integer 1 (the default administrator), allowing the attacker to overwrite that account's password or email address. Exploitation by unauthenticated users requires a public-facing frontend user form to be configured; in all other cases a subscriber-level account is sufficient.
🔗 References (14)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18432
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.3/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L565
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.3/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L680
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.3/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L1654
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.3/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L1953
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.3/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.9/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L565
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.9/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L680
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.9/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L1654
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.9/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L1953
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.29.9/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3633030%40acf-frontend-form-element&new=3633030%40acf-frontend-form-element
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01404fad-7b5a-485a-b557-c608fe25e6c9?source=cve
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch22-9ppp-5952