CVE-2023-37979
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 43.5% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Saturday Drive Ninja Forms Contact Form plugin <= 3.6.25 versions.
Available Exploits
Ninja Forms < 3.6.26 - Cross-Site Scripting
The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37979
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c7c65e9-c4fd-4d98-ae16-77abffbf7348
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173983/WordPress-Ninja-Forms-3.6.25-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173983/WordPress-Ninja-Forms-3.6.25-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://patchstack.com/articles/multiple-high-severity-vulnerabilities-in-ninja-forms-plugin?_s_id=cve
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WordPress Vulnerability
Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You
Software Slug
ninja-forms
Affected Versions
Patched Versions
Remediation
Update to version 3.6.26, or a newer patched version
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 27, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024