Exploitation Summary
CVE-2024-8420 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
39.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2026-05-04
CWE
CWE-266
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (2)
SiteSao/DHVC Form
< 2.4.7
sitesao/dhvc_form
< 2.4.8
Published
Feb 28, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026