WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2018-20981 Modified

Ninja Forms: A security weakness

Ninja Forms is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 9.1 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 9.1 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Ninja Forms
Plugin slug
ninja-forms
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 22, 2019
Weakness
CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

This CVE was published Aug 22, 2019 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

The ninja-forms plugin before 3.3.9 for WordPress has insufficient restrictions on submission-data retrieval during Export Personal Data requests.

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

Primary and upstream sources