Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress <= 3.0.31 - Arbitrary Wordpress Shortcode Injection

2017-04-17 00:00
James Golovich

Vulnerability Overview

The Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Wordpress Shortcode Injection in versions up to, and including, 3.0.31. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to preview un-published forms and could possibly be used to leverage further attacks.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0.32, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')) The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

External References

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