Ninja Forms Contact Form 2.9.36 - 2.9.42 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2016-1209
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published May 5, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher James Golovich
Description

Versions 2.9.36 to 2.9.42 of the Ninja Forms plugin contain an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability, allowing guests to upload arbitrary PHP code that can be executed in the context of the web server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ninja-forms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 2.9.36 - 2.9.42
Patched Version
  • 2.9.42.1
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