CVE-2025-2940

Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder <= 5.0.18 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery

2025-06-26 00:00
Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.0.19
Affected Plugin
Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder
Affected Version
<= 5.0.18
CVSS
7.2High
Weakness type
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE
CVE-2025-2940
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At a glance

CVE-2025-2940 is a high-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Ninja Tables WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.0.18. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.0.19; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2025, reported by Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc).

Vulnerability Overview

The Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.18 via the args[url] parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Reaching this weakness in Ninja Tables <= 5.0.18 takes no account at all. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For Ninja Tables the fix is 5.0.19: builds <= 5.0.18 are affected, anything from 5.0.19 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.0.19, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ninja Tables 5.0.19 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2940https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02480559-be5c-4d23-9e62-bb76fafb4f42https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2940

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