What is CVE-2020-12462?

CVE-2020-12462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2020-12462?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-12462 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms

CVE-2020-12462

The ninja-forms plugin before 3.4.24.2 for WordPress allows CSRF with resultant XSS.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ninjaforms Ninja_forms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12462?: CVE-2020-12462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-12462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12462 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.