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CVE-2018-20979

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

• rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7: before 5.0.4 — fixed in 5.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7 5.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers

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