Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Frontend Registration Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2024-4870

What is CVE-2024-4870?

The Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows privilege escalation due to inadequate restrictions on the 'cf7frr' post meta. This issue affects all versions up to and including 5.1. Authenticated attackers with editor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to alter the default user role settings in the registration form, potentially leading to unauthorized access or manipulation of user permissions. Users of the affected plugin should consider updating to a patched version to mitigate these risks.

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