CVE-2024-3866

MEDIUM EPSS 18.2%
Published Sep 25, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.1 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 25, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The Ninja Forms Contact Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Referer' header in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires "maintenance mode" for a targeted form to be enabled. However, there is no setting available to the attacker or even an administrator-level user to enable this mode. The mode is only enabled during a required update, which is a very short window of time. Additionally, because of the self-based nature of this vulnerability, attackers would have to rely on additional techniques to execute a supplied payload in the context of targeted user.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.1
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
18.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
ninjaformsninja_forms* <3.8.16

References 2

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3153292/ninja-forms
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f6d6b82d-574d-4a56-9aef-42343c4b7c43?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation