CVE-2018-20979
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Published: August 22, 2019 at 12:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorContact Form 7
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Contact Form 7· Rocklobsterwordpress-plugin
95%v < 5.0.4
Affected range stops below 5.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developersQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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