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CVE-2023-5530

Ninja Forms < 3.6.34 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Published: Nov 6, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
4.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 54.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
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Description

The Ninja Forms Contact Form WordPress plugin before 3.6.34 does not sanitize and escape its label fields, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored XSS attacks. Only users with the unfiltered_html capability can perform this, and such users are already allowed to use JS in posts/comments etc however the vendor acknowledged and fixed the issue

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

ninjaforms
commercial
ninja formsOn-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a642f313-cc3e-4d75-b207-1dceb6a7fbae
wpscan.com
https://ninjaforms.com/blog/saturday-drive-x-edition/
ninjaforms.com
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