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CVE-2024-8420

Status: AnalyzedCritical (9.8)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vulnerabilidad en aplicación web expuesta (AV:N, PR:N) que permite escalada de privilegios manipulando el campo 'role' en registro no autenticado, obteniendo acceso de administrador.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Isolation and SandboxingExploit ProtectionUpdate SoftwareVulnerability ScanningThreat Intelligence ProgramPrivileged Account Management

Affected technologies (1)

Sitesao — Dhvc Form

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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