CVE-2023-5530

Public Exploit

Ninja Forms < 3.6.34 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description

The Ninja Forms Contact Form WordPress plugin before 3.6.34 does not sanitize and escape its label fields, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored XSS attacks. Only users with the unfiltered_html capability can perform this, and such users are already allowed to use JS in posts/comments etc however the vendor acknowledged and fixed the issue

References

Link	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a642f313-cc3e-4d75-b207-1dceb6a7fbae	third party advisory vdb entry exploit technical description
https://ninjaforms.com/blog/saturday-drive-x-edition/	release notes vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-5530?: CVE-2023-5530 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-5530?: To fix CVE-2023-5530, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-5530 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2023-5530 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-5530?: CVE-2023-5530 affects Unknown Ninja Forms Contact Form.

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Description

Category

CWE-79 – Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

References

Frequently Asked Questions