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CVE-2024-1779: Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Read Status Update
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-02-23 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
The Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the zt_dcfcf_change_status() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter the message read status of messages.
Affected products
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-side-data-storage-for-contact-form-7/trunk/inc/admin/class.ztdcfcf.admin.action.php#L213
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52e4f79f-1148-4530-8d78-377a7365978a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-side-data-storage-for-contact-form-7/trunk/inc/admin/class.ztdcfcf.admin.action.php#L213
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52e4f79f-1148-4530-8d78-377a7365978a?source=cve
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