#VU27461 Cross-site request forgery in Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress - CVE-2020-12462
Published: April 30, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27461
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12462
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress
Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress
Software vendor:
The WP Ninjas
The WP Ninjas
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, leading to Stored XSS issue.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.