{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37979 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-37979 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, published on 27 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37979 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-37979 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, published on 27 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37979 exists.\n\nAffected product: Ninjaforms Ninja Forms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37979/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37979/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-37979","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37979/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-37979","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hv7m-p8cr-7667"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the Ninja Forms plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"ninja_forms","vendor":"ninjaforms"}],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Saturday Drive Ninja Forms Contact Form plugin \u003c= 3.6.25 versions.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2023-08-01","github_poc":2,"max_poc_stars":14,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2023-08-01T11:40:14Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Mehran-Seifalinia/CVE-2023-37979","stars":14,"title":null},{"date":"2023-08-04T10:31:53Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/d0rb/CVE-2023-37979","stars":2,"title":"CVE-2023-37979 PoC and Checker"},{"date":"2023-08-04","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"51644","stars":null,"title":"WordPress Plugin Ninja Forms 3.6.25 - Reflected XSS"},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-37979.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Ninja Forms \u003c 3.6.26 - Cross-Site Scripting"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Ninja Forms Plugin \u003c= 3.6.25 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-37979","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ninjaforms:ninja_forms","products":["ninjaforms:ninja_forms"],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Custom Field For WP Job Manager Plugin \u003c= 1.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-37980"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress HTTP Headers Plugin \u003c= 1.18.11 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-37978"},"products":["Ninja Forms Contact Form"],"published":"2023-07-27","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Ninja-forms \u003c 3.11.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Objection","id":"CVE-2025-9083","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-09-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-1209","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-05-14"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-20981","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-08-22"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in Ninja Forms","id":"CVE-2024-25572","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-11"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Ninja Forms \u003c 3.4.34 - Authenticated SendWP Plugin Installation and Client Secret Key Disclosure","id":"CVE-2021-24163","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-04-05"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16308","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-09-01"},{"cvss_score":7.6,"headline":"WordPress Ninja Forms plugin \u003c= 3.6.25 - Contributor+ Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-38386","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Saturday Drive"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the Ninja Forms plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37979/"}