CVE-2026-6228: high-severity vulnerability in shabti Frontend Admin by DynamiApps
Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.28.36 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Edit User Form
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43Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck.
ssvc Actcvss 8.8epss 0.4%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDMay 15
VulnCheck+151d
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 configuration to include 'administrator' in the role_options array by directly submitting POST data to wp-admin/post.php, bypassing the UI restrictions in feadmin_get_user_roles(). When the form is subsequently submitted, the pre_update_value() function in class-role.php only validates that the submitted role exists in the form's role_options array (lines 107-110), but fails to verify that the current user has permission to assign that specific role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to first register as editors (via a public new_user form), then create an edit_user form with administrator in the allowed roles, and finally use that form to escalate their own privileges to administrator.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
shabti · Frontend Admin by DynamiAppsRelated CVEs — shabti Frontend Admin by DynamiApps
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2025-13342CRITICALFrontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.28.20 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options UpdateEPSS 2.3%CVE-2026-19952HIGHFrontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.29.12 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via custom_directory_name Merge TagEPSS 1.2%CVE-2026-75816CRITICALFrontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.29.12 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via '_acf_objects' Object IdentifierEPSS 0.9%CVE-2026-18432CRITICALFrontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.29.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'item_id' ParameterEPSS 0.8%CVE-2024-3729CRITICALFrontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.19.4 - Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Form ManipulationEPSS 0.8%CVE-2026-6226HIGHFrontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.29.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Form Configuration InjectionEPSS 0.7%
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/admin/admin-pages/forms/post-types.php#L53https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/fields/user/class-role.php#L113https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L517https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3519460https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/083accd0-8338-47c6-b396-96679b95dd40?source=cve