CVE-2024-12238

MEDIUM

Ninja Forms < 3.8.22 - Authenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via do_shortcode

Title source: llm

Description

The The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.22. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.8.20/includes/Display/Preview.php#L68

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/524a2143-b15f-4edc-98de-dafef4c5bc00?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 37.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (2)

kstover/Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You < 3.8.22

ninjaforms/ninja_forms < 3.8.23

Published Dec 29, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026