Ninja Forms File Uploads Plugin up to 3.3.16 on WordPress File Upload cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ninja Forms File Uploads Plugin up to 3.3.16 on WordPress. This affects an unknown functionality of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-1596 since 02/16/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-267255, VDB-267371, VDB-271976 and VDB-271985.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Timelineinfo

02/16/2024 CVE reserved
09/07/2024 +203 days Advisory disclosed
09/07/2024 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/26/2024 +19 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-1596 (🔒)
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/07/2024 08:09 AM
Updated: 09/26/2024 11:43 PM
Changes: 09/07/2024 08:09 AM (52), 09/07/2024 02:47 PM (12), 09/09/2024 09:23 PM (1), 09/26/2024 11:43 PM (11)
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