CVE-2025-26911
📋 TL;DR
The Bowo System Dashboard WordPress plugin exposes sensitive system information to unauthorized users due to misconfigured access controls. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 2.8.18, allowing attackers to view information that should be restricted to administrators.
💻 Affected Systems
- Bowo System Dashboard WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could obtain sensitive system configuration details, user information, or database credentials that could facilitate further attacks like privilege escalation or data theft.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users can view system information, plugin configurations, or other sensitive data that could aid reconnaissance for targeted attacks.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and network segmentation, impact is limited to information disclosure without direct system compromise.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation likely involves simple HTTP requests to access restricted endpoints. No authentication required based on CWE-497 description.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.8.19 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'System Dashboard' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download latest version from WordPress repository and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patching is possible
wp plugin deactivate system-dashboard
Access Restriction
allRestrict access to WordPress admin paths using web server rules
# Apache: Add to .htaccess
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
# Nginx: Add to site config
location /wp-content/plugins/system-dashboard/ {
deny all;
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement network-level access controls to restrict access to WordPress admin interface
- Monitor logs for unauthorized access attempts to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'System Dashboard' version. If version is 2.8.18 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get system-dashboard --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 2.8.19 or later in WordPress admin panel. Test that sensitive endpoints previously accessible now require proper authentication.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/system-dashboard/ endpoints from unauthorized IPs
- Multiple 200 OK responses to plugin paths from non-admin users
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to plugin-specific URLs
- GET requests to system dashboard endpoints without authentication headers
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (url="*system-dashboard*" OR user_agent="*wp-admin*" OR referer="*wp-admin*") AND response_code=200 AND NOT (user="admin" OR ip="trusted_ip_range")