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CVE-2024-1779· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Wordfence

Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Read Status Update

The Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the zt_dcfcf_change_status() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter the message read status of messages.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 23, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 30th percentile
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · Wordfence
5.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
zestardadmin side data storage for contact form 7

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • zestard admin side data storage for contact form 7up to 1.1.1 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • zestardtechnologies Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7

    • up to and including 1.1.1affected · semver

Same product

zestard: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-1776Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2023-24420WordPress Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 Plugin <= 1.1.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1778Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Bookmark Status Alteration
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1777Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 <= 1.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-17780 days apartAdmin side data storage for Contact Form 7 <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Bookmark Status Alteration
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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