CVE-2018-20981 Information disclosure in n/a
An attacker can retrieve submission data during Export Personal Data requests due to insufficient restrictions in the Ninja Forms plugin.
- 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-2018-20981?
CVE-2018-20981 is a critical 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 3.3.9 for WordPress has insufficient restrictions on submission-data retrieval during Export Personal Data requests.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20981?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ninjaforms Ninja Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-20981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20981 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-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
- CVE-2018-16308 Other in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-66qg-x433-hvxq.