Ninja Tables Plugin up to 5.0.18 on WordPress server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in Ninja Tables Plugin up to 5.0.18 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-2940. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Ninja Tables Plugin up to 5.0.18 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.18 via the args[url] parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-2940 since 03/28/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/01/2025).

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

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• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Ninja Tables Plugin

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.8
• 5.0.9
• 5.0.10
• 5.0.11
• 5.0.12
• 5.0.13
• 5.0.14
• 5.0.15
• 5.0.16
• 5.0.17
• 5.0.18

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