Path Traversal in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms File Uploads

CVE-2019-10869

Path Traversal and Unrestricted File Upload exists in the Ninja Forms plugin before 3.0.23 for WordPress (when the Uploads add-on is activated). This allows an attacker to traverse the file system to access files and execute code via the includes/fields/upload.php (aka upload/submit page) name and tmp_name parameters.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.080 (94.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-10869: held from 0.080 to 0.080.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.080 · newest: 0.080 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10869?
CVE-2019-10869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms File Uploads, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-10869?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-10869 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.