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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2024-56071 EUVD-2024-52969GHSA-vxm9-cgrp-h5gq

WordPress Simple Dashboard plugin <= 2.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Published Dec 31, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Patchstack

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mikeleembruggen Simple Dashboard ≤ 2.0 —

Public exploits

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