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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-28 08:23 – Updated: 2025-02-28 14:45
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.
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SiteSao DHVC Form Affected: * , ≤ 2.4.7 (semver)
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Credits
Tonn
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