Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.15.1 on WordPress access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.15.1. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-80438. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.15.1. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 does not restrict its REST abilities to administrators, accepting a Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2-specific capability as equivalent to full site administration, which allows any user granted that capability to read Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 settings and stored form submissions, overwrite the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2's configuration, and create or modify arbitrary posts and pages. The capability belongs to no default WordPress role and the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 never grants it, so an administrator must have assigned it, typically when delegating access to the form builder.

The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-80438 since 08/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.15.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Ninja Forms Plugin

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• 3.15.0
• 3.15.1

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