CVE-2024-12772 Ninja Tables < 5.0.17 - Admin+ Stored XSS
An admin-level attacker can inject malicious scripts via CSV import in the Ninja Tables WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12772?
CVE-2024-12772 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ninja Tables, published on 31 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Ninja Tables WordPress plugin before 5.0.17 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page when importing a CSV, leading to a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12772?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpmanageninja Ninja Tables.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12772?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-12772 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12772 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ninja Tables
- CVE-2025-2940 Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder <= 5.0.18 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery
- CVE-2024-7304 Cross-site scripting in Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder
- CVE-2022-47137 WordPress Ninja Tables Plugin <= 4.3.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2025-2939 Deserialization in Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder
- CVE-2024-23504 WordPress Ninja Tables plugin <= 5.0.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3cxg-xc64-j4m4.