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CVE-2024-8420 (GCVE-0-2024-8420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-28 08:23 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:29
VLAI
Title
DHVC Form <= 2.4.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-28 14:44 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SiteSao DHVC Form Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.7 (semver)
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Credits
Tonn
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