Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You <= 3.12.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update
Vulnerability Description
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the maybe_opt_in() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to opt an affected site into usage statistics collection via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Nguyen Ngoc Quang Bach
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2f118fc-d99a-4713-865e-2da7a9e20db5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/trunk/lib/NF_Tracking.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3365881/ninja-forms/trunk?contextall=1&old=3362375&old_path=%2Fninja-forms%2Ftrunk#file6
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