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CVE-2026-101326

MEDIUM 5.4

Ninja Forms <= 3.15.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via '{wp:user_display_name}' Merge Tag via display_name

CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The The Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.5 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. Exploitation requires that an administrator has configured at least one Ninja Forms field with its Default Value set to the {wp:user_display_name} merge tag on a publicly accessible page; a Subscriber need only set their display_name to a shortcode string via their profile and then visit that page.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor kstover
Product ninja forms – contact form builder with calculators, quizzes, signatures & ai form builder
Published Oct 31, 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:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

kstover / Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder
0 ≤ 3.15.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05dccb32-e638-4929-a788-3998bc3acd75?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/MergeTags/WP.php#L189 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Display/Render.php#L278 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Display/Render.php#L268 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Config/MergeTagsWP.php#L128 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Abstracts/MergeTags.php#L94 wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/ plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3749135/ninja-forms/trunk/includes/Display/Render.php

Credits

Iron StrongMan