CVE-2024-1596 Ninja Forms File Uploads <= 3.3.16 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload

What is CVE-2024-1596?

CVE-2024-1596 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SaturdayDrive Ninja Forms - File Uploads, published on 7 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Ninja Forms - File Uploads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an uploaded file (e.g. RTX file) in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.16 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

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1596?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ninjaforms Ninja Forms File Uploads.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1596?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1596 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-2024-1596 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in SaturdayDrive Ninja Forms - File Uploads

• CVE-2022-0888 Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension <= 3.3.0 - Arbitrary File Upload Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-10869 Path traversal in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2022-0889 Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension <= 3.3.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting High 7.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-65wq-28c3-vwcw.