Description

WordPress Plugin Contact Form 7 is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass the expected capabilities check and perform otherwise restricted actions; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin Contact Form 7 version 5.0.3 is vulnerable; prior versions are also affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.0.4 or latest

References

https://www.ripstech.com/php-security-calendar-2018/#day-18

https://contactform7.com/2018/09/04/contact-form-7-504/

Related Vulnerabilities

WordPress 4.8.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (4.8 - 4.8.14)

WordPress Plugin Raygun4WP Cross-Site Scripting (1.8.0)

PHP Other Vulnerability (CVE-2009-2626)

Joomla Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2018-17858)

Moodle Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability (CVE-2016-9186)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Privilege Escalation