Ninja Forms Contact Form: A security weakness
Ninja Forms Contact Form 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.
- Component
- Ninja Forms Contact Form
- Plugin slug
ninja-forms- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 05, 2021
This CVE was published Apr 05, 2021 and is one of 74 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update Ninja Forms Contact Form when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
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
In the Ninja Forms Contact Form WordPress plugin before 3.4.34.1, low-level users, such as subscribers, were able to trigger the action, wp_ajax_nf_oauth, and retrieve the connection url needed to establish a connection. They could also retrieve the client_id for an already established OAuth connection.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N