CVE-2018-20979

moderate-risk
Published 2019-08-22

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

Do I need to act?

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0.34% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Rocklobster

References (2)

Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal