CVE-2018-20979 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 5.0.4. This flaw stems from mishandling of capability_type within register_post_type, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.