# CVE-2024-11052: Cross-site scripting in Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via form calculations, leading to stored XSS execution on user pages.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qq52-2f2f-p65w

## What is CVE-2024-11052?

CVE-2024-11052 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, published on 12 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the calculations parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11052?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ninjaforms Ninja Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11052?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11052 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11052 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11052 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms

- [CVE-2025-9083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9083/): Ninja-forms < 3.11.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Objection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1209/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-20981](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20981/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-25572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25572/): Cross-site request forgery in Ninja Forms (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24163/): Ninja Forms < 3.4.34 - Authenticated SendWP Plugin Installation and Client Secret Key Disclosure (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11052 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11052 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, published on 12 Dec 2024. 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-2024-11052 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-2024-11052/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11052/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11052
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11052
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11052

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11052/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.