Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.3.14.0 on WordPress injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.3.14.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-16308. The attack is only possible with local access. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.3.14.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Ninja Forms plugin before 3.3.14.1 for WordPress allows CSV injection.

The bug was discovered 08/19/2018. The weakness was released 09/01/2018 as EDB-ID 45234 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-16308 since 09/01/2018. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.3.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (45234). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Ninja Forms Plugin

Version

• 3.3.0
• 3.3.1
• 3.3.2
• 3.3.3
• 3.3.4
• 3.3.5
• 3.3.6
• 3.3.7
• 3.3.8
• 3.3.9
• 3.3.10
• 3.3.11
• 3.3.12
• 3.3.13
• 3.3.14.0

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