Vulnerability · Published Jun 4, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-4870Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 <= 5.1 - Authenticated (Editor+) Privilege Escalation

High 7.2

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A high-severity security flaw in Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 from pokornydavid. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1 due to insufficient restriction on the '_cf7frr_' post meta. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to modify the default user role in the registration form settings.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
pokornydavid	Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7	0 – through 5.1

Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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