CVE-2024-4870 Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 <= 5.1 - Authenticated (Editor+) Privilege Escalation
Authenticated editors can escalate privileges by modifying default user role settings in the Frontend Registration plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4870?
CVE-2024-4870 is a high-severity vulnerability in pokornydavid Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7, published on 4 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1 due to insufficient restriction on the '_cf7frr_' post meta. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to modify the default user role in the registration form settings.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4870?
How do I fix CVE-2024-4870?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4870 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-4870 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xw8c-xm8r-xhhf.