Vulnerability · Published Dec 29, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-12238Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You <= 3.8.22 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity code injection in Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You from kstover. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.22. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kstover | Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You | 0 – through 3.8.22 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L