CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2019-08-22 01:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-20979

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20979

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo