CVE-2018-20979

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 22, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-20979: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix