CVE-2024-8420 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 2.4.7 of the DHVC Form plugin for WordPress. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator by manipulating the 'role' field during user registration. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 88/100 indicates a significant potential threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sitesao:dhvc_form:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.