Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least editor-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7
- Plugin slug
frontend-registration-contact-form-7- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 04, 2024
This CVE was published Jun 04, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H