CVE-2024-56071 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-56071: WordPress Simple Dashboard plugin <= 2.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Vendor Mikeleembruggen

Product Simple Dashboard

Weakness CWE-266

Published December 31, 2024

Last update May 11, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in mikeleembruggen Simple Dashboard simple-dashboard allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Simple Dashboard: from n/a through <= 2.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 31, 2024 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56071 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/266.html

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