CVE-2024-4870 json
Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 <= 5.1 - Authenticated (Editor+) Privilege Escalation
published 2024-06-04 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44445
- cvss
- 7.2
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- pokornydavid Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-4870
- NVD CVE-2024-4870
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