CRITICAL
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
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.02%
Description
The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.
Affected products
No data.
- < 5.0.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.02% 0.02022
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02022
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02022) | 80.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02022) | 78.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 53.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.91% (0.05908) | 83.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 53.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 2.23% (0.02229) | 81.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 60.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 60.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 58.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 9.79th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 25.53th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (1)
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 22, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Aug 21, 2019
Link CVE-2018-20979
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a