Is CVE-2018-20979 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-20979 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-20979?

CVE-2018-20979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-20979?

CVE-2018-20979 has an EPSS score of 2.02% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-20979?

Upgrade contact form 7 to 5.0.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-20979

CRITICALEPSS 79th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

How to fix

Remediation Available

contact form 7NVD

Affected:< 5.0.4Fixed in:5.0.4CVE-2018-20979derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.02%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

wordpress.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.