CVE-2026-6079: Material Dashboard <= 1.4.10 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Task Enumeration, Execution, and Deletion

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-05 · updated 2026-08-12
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Material Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to missing capability checks on the amd_ajax_target_task_manager() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enumerate all scheduled tasks (potentially exposing PII), execute arbitrary tasks, and delete any task via the public_amd_ajax_handler AJAX action.

Affected products

ho3einie Material Dashboard: through 1.4.10

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/material-dashboard/trunk/core/AMDNetwork/AMDNetwork.php#L26
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/material-dashboard/trunk/core/AMDTasks/AMDTasks.php#L514
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3535650%40material-dashboard%2Ftrunk&old=3535649%40material-dashboard%2Ftrunk
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/459b7fef-806c-4f5b-bb31-b7197750e941?source=cve

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