WordPress plugin
Ninja Forms Contact Form 2.9.36 — 2.9.42 - PHP Object Injection
CVE-2016-1209Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 2.9.36 – 2.9.42Update to 2.9.42.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.1
- CVSS
- 8.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder ninja-forms
- Affected2.9.36 – 2.9.42
- Patched in2.9.42.1
Update to 2.9.42.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run 2.9.36 – 2.9.42. Version 2.9.42.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.9.42.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Ninja Forms plugin before 2.9.42.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted serialized values in a POST request.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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All 95| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'querystring:<key>' URL Parameter ≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6 | CVE-2026-100151 | |
| Medium6.5 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'formData' Field Value via Success Message Merge Tag ≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6 | CVE-2026-100155 | |
| Medium5.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via '{wp:user_display_name}' Merge Tag via display_name ≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6 | CVE-2026-101326 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'extra' Parameter via Metadata Key Normalization ≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6 | CVE-2026-109997 | |
| Medium5.8 | Unauthenticated CSV Injection ≤3.15.3Update to 3.15.4 | CVE-2026-67187 |
- Medium6.1Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'querystring:<key>' URL Parameter
≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6
- Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'formData' Field Value via Success Message Merge Tag
≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6
- Medium5.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via '{wp:user_display_name}' Merge Tag via display_name
≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'extra' Parameter via Metadata Key Normalization
≤3.15.5Update to 3.15.6
- Medium5.8Unauthenticated CSV Injection
≤3.15.3Update to 3.15.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
