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CVE-2024-12238

Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You <= 3.8.22 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Published: Dec 29, 2024Updated: Apr 18, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94
NVD MITRE
6.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
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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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

ninja formsninjaforms
On-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With Youkstover
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
ninjaformscommercialWeb & CMS Plugins
kstovercommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka ninja forms, ninja forms – the contact form builder that grows with you

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.8.20/includes/Display/Preview.php#L68
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/524a2143-b15f-4edc-98de-dafef4c5bc00?source=cve
wordfence.com

Timeline

Published
Dec 29, 2024
Last Updated
Apr 18, 2025

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