Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Frontend Registration Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-4870

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 June 2024

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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Affected Version(s)

Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 * <= 5.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-regis...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

István Márton
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