CVE-2024-8420

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.5%

Critical (9.8) in sitesao dhvc form. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-266, CWE-269
Published: 2025-02-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

sitesao:dhvc_form

References

https://codecanyon.net/item/dhvc-form-wordpress-form-for-visual-composer/8326593
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4d51a0c-c625-4732-b345-df02971fbffa?source=cve

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