WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2018-19796 Modified

Ninja Forms: An open redirect

Ninja Forms is affected by an open redirect. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A crafted link can redirect visitors from the trusted site to an attacker-controlled destination.

CVE / CNA score 6.1 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.1 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Ninja Forms
Plugin slug
ninja-forms
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 03, 2018
Weakness
CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

This CVE was published Dec 03, 2018 and is one of 66 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Ninja Forms to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

An open redirect in the Ninja Forms plugin before 3.3.19.1 for WordPress allows Remote Attackers to redirect a user via the lib/StepProcessing/step-processing.php (aka submissions download page) redirect parameter.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources