Ninja Forms Contact Form <= 3.4.33 - Authenticated SendWP Plugin Installation and Client Secret Key Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2021-24163
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published February 16, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The AJAX action, wp_ajax_ninja_forms_sendwp_remote_install_handler, did not have a capability check on it, nor did it have any nonce protection, therefore making it possible for low-level users, such as subscribers, to install and activate the SendWP Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress WordPress plugin before 3.4.34 and retrieve the client_secret key needed to establish the SendWP connection while also installing the SendWP plugin.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ninja-forms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.34
Patched Version
  • 3.4.34
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