CVE-2018-20979

The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers	Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:02

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2019-08-22 13:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:02

NVD link : CVE-2018-20979

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20979

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20979

JSON object : View

Products Affected

rocklobster

contact_form_7

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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