CVE-2025-32486
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass password recovery mechanisms in Hossein Material Dashboard WordPress plugin, potentially gaining unauthorized access to user accounts. All WordPress sites running affected versions of the plugin are vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks.
💻 Affected Systems
- Hossein Material 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 gain administrative access to WordPress sites, allowing complete site takeover, data theft, malware injection, and further network compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers compromise user accounts, steal sensitive data, and potentially escalate privileges to gain administrative control.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to specific compromised accounts that can be quickly identified and remediated.
🎯 Exploit Status
Weak password recovery mechanisms are typically easy to exploit without authentication.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.4.7 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Material Dashboard plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Material Dashboard Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate material-dashboard
Implement Rate Limiting
allAdd rate limiting to password recovery endpoints to prevent brute force attacks
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strong password policies and multi-factor authentication for all user accounts
- Monitor authentication logs for suspicious password reset attempts and failed logins
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Material Dashboard version. If version is 1.4.6 or lower, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get material-dashboard --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.4.7 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual number of password reset requests
- Password reset requests from unfamiliar IP addresses
- Successful password resets followed by immediate login from new IP
Network Indicators:
- Multiple POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with password reset parameters
- Unusual traffic patterns to password recovery endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("password reset" OR "lostpassword" OR "admin-ajax.php") AND status=200