CVE-2018-20980 Business logic in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-20980 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-20980 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, published on 22 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Ninjaforms Ninja Forms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20980/index.md)
Attackers can tamper with parameters in the Ninja Forms plugin to manipulate form data or bypass validation logic.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-20980?
CVE-2018-20980 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, published on 22 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ninja-forms plugin before 3.2.15 for WordPress has parameter tampering.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20980?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ninjaforms Ninja Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20980?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-20980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-9083 Ninja-forms < 3.11.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Objection
- CVE-2016-1209 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2018-20981 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2024-25572 Cross-site request forgery in Ninja Forms
- CVE-2021-24163 Ninja Forms < 3.4.34 - Authenticated SendWP Plugin Installation and Client Secret Key Disclosure
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8fp8-3wgw-5x6r.