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CVE-2024-12238

MEDIUM 6.3

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

CVSS Score
6.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor kstover
Product ninja forms – the contact form builder that grows with you
Published Dec 29, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

kstover / Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You
0 ≤ 3.8.22

References

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

Credits

Michael Mazzolini