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CVE-2018-20979: The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.

critical Affects contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<5.0.4
Fixed in
5.0.4
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (80.9th percentile)
Published
2019-08-22
Source
nvd

References

NVD recordcontact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) advisories

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