Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Affects Ninja Forms Contact Form Plugin
Key Information
- Vendor
- Kstover
- Status
- Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 25 September 2024
Summary
The Ninja Forms Contact Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Referer' header in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires "maintenance mode" for a targeted form to be enabled. However, there is no setting available to the attacker or even an administrator-level user to enable this mode. The mode is only enabled during a required update, which is a very short window of time. Additionally, because of the self-based nature of this vulnerability, attackers would have to rely on additional techniques to execute a supplied payload in the context of targeted user.
Affected Version(s)
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You <= 3.8.15
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published.
Disclosed
Vulnerability Reserved.
Vendor Notified