What is CVE-2018-20981?

CVE-2018-20981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja_forms, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-20981?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-20981 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Ninjaforms Ninja_forms

CVE-2018-20981

The ninja-forms plugin before 3.3.9 for WordPress has insufficient restrictions on submission-data retrieval during Export Personal Data requests.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ninjaforms Ninja_forms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20981?: CVE-2018-20981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja_forms, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-20981?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20981 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.