CVE-2024-8420 (GCVE-0-2024-8420)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-28 08:23
Modified
2025-02-28 14:45
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Summary
The DHVC Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.7. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to supply the 'role' field when registering. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator on sites.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SiteSao DHVC Form Version: *   ≤ 2.4.7
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