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    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.

    Published:Aug 22, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Aug 22, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.00337
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Rocklobster
    Product
    Contact Form 7

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High