CVE-2024-4870

HIGH 7.2

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

CVSS Score

7.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-266
Vendor	pokornydavid
Product	frontend registration – contact form 7
Published	Jun 4, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

pokornydavid / Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7

0 ≤ 5.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca616ae6-59d3-4037-b538-d371f007a037?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-registration-contact-form-7/trunk/frontend-registration-cf7.php?rev=2975770#L244

Credits

István Márton