Ninja Forms Contact Form <= 2.9.27 - CSV Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CVE Not available
CVSS High (8.4)
Publicly Published September 30, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Smit B. Shah, Hely H. Shah
Description

The Ninja Forms Contact Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.9.27 via the export() function. This allows authenticated attackers to embed untrusted input into exported CSV files, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ninja-forms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.27
Patched Version
  • 2.9.28
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