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.
History

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Ninjaforms
Ninjaforms ninja Forms
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Ninjaforms
Ninjaforms ninja Forms
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

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Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284

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Description 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.
Title Ninja Forms 3.14.0 - 3.15.1 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Modification and Sensitive Information Disclosure via Abilities REST API
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-04T06:00:04.186Z

Updated: 2026-09-04T12:52:36.867Z

Reserved: 2026-08-26T11:09:55.567Z

Link: CVE-2026-80438

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-04T12:52:20.311Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-04T07:17:10.340

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:15:18.627

Link: CVE-2026-80438

cve-icon Redhat

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