CVE-2024-4870

Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 <= 5.1 - Authenticated (Editor+) Privilege Escalation

Published Jun 4, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-44445 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.
History
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Weaknesses CWE-266
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00262}

epss

{'score': 0.00178}

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00215}

epss

{'score': 0.00262}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 5:22 PM
Reserved
May 14, 2024, 1:28 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 4, 2024, 2:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:03 AM