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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 55%
VendorProductVersion
rocklobstercontact_form_7
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< 5.0.4
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= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers