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TI-2024-04528 Aliases CVE-2024-4870GHSA-xw8c-xm8r-xhhf

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

Priority LOW 34CWE-266Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00466 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
pokornydavidFrontend Registration – Contact Form 7up to 5.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Frontend Registration – Contact Form 7 Vendorpokornydavid Affected up to 5.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4870
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xw8c-xm8r-xhhf

References

Other 2

  • TI-2025-07163 Restore Permanently delete Post or Page Data <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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