# CVE-2026-15550: Missing authorization in Ninja Forms - Save Progress

> Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary database records due to missing authorization checks in the Ninja Forms Save Progress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqqm-xfwf-r9jq

## What is CVE-2026-15550?

CVE-2026-15550 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Saturday Drive Ninja Forms - Save Progress, published on 5 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Ninja Forms - Save Progress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 3.0.30. This is due to the lack of capability checks and nonce verification in the 'bulk_actions' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary database records from the 'wp_nf3_objects' table, such as saved submissions.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15550?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-15550?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-15550 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-15550 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-15550 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Saturday Drive Ninja Forms - Save Progress, published on 5 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Saturday Drive Ninja Forms - Save Progress. 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-2026-15550/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15550/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15550
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15550
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-15550

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15550/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.