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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-20979

CVE-2018-20979

Description

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

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Affected products

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WordPress/contact-form-7description
WordPress/Contact Formllm-fuzzy
Range: <5.0.4
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

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