Vulnerability · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-100155Ninja Forms <= 3.15.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'formData' Field Value via Success Message Merge Tag
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity code injection in Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 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 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.5 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 unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kstover | Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder | 0 – through 3.15.5 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1cf42f7-77c6-4594-a6a4-cebf5c3558d7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Actions/SuccessMessage.php#L63
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Actions/SuccessMessage.php#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/AJAX/Controllers/Submission.php#L52
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Abstracts/MergeTags.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/MergeTags/Fields.php#L268
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/AJAX/Controllers/Submission.php#L60
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3749135%40ninja-forms%2Ftags%2F3.15.6&old=3717122%40ninja-forms%2Ftags%2F3.15.5