CVE-2016-1209

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: May 14, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN44657371/index.html

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Vendor Advisory

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000064

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137211/WordPress-Ninja-Forms-Unauthenticated-File-Upload.html

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Exploit

http://www.pritect.net/blog/ninja-forms-2-9-42-critical-security-vulnerabilities

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/webapp/wp_ninja_forms_unauthenticated_file_upload

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Exploit

https://ninjaforms.com/important-security-update-always-hurt-ones-love/

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/changelog/

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8485

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN44657371/index.html