# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3cxg-xc64-j4m4

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12772?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2940/): Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder <= 5.0.18 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-7304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7304/): Cross-site scripting in Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2022-47137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47137/): WordPress Ninja Tables Plugin <= 4.3.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2025-2939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2939/): Deserialization in Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder (medium 5.6)
- [CVE-2024-23504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23504/): WordPress Ninja Tables plugin <= 5.0.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12772 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12772 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Ninja Tables. 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-2024-12772/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12772/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12772
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12772
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12772

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12772/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.