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MitreCVE-2018-20979

HistoryAug 22, 2019 - 1:15 p.m.

CVE-2018-20979

2019-08-2213:15:12

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

153

cve-2018-20979

contact-form-7

wordpress

privilege escalation

capability_type

register_post_type

nvd

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

60.7%

JSON

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

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

rocklobstercontact_form_7Range<5.0.4wordpress

VendorProductVersionCPE
rocklobstercontact_form_7*cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
rocklobster	contact_form_7	*	cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7::::::wordpress::*

References

wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

60.7%

JSON

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