The Ultimate Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to 3.8.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only impacts multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
CVE-2025-1524 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard. It affects Versions up to 3.8.5 and is fixed in 3.8.6.
CVE-2025-1524 is tracked for the Plugin Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard as medium severity with CVSS 4.4. The affected range is Versions up to 3.8.5. Update Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard to 3.8.6 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
ultimate-dashboard
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2025-1524 |
| Patched Versions |
3.8.6
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.8.5
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.7.10 - Login Page Disclosure on Multi-site
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.8.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.8.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.7.11 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.7.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.7.5 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.8.14 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Module Activation/Deactivation
Ultimate Dashboard <= 3.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Modules Activation/Deactivation
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