CVE-2016-1209 (GCVE-0-2016-1209)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-14 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/changelog/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8485 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000064 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB |
| https://ninjaforms.com/important-security-update-… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/web… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137211/WordP… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN44657371/index.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN |
| http://www.pritect.net/blog/ninja-forms-2-9-42-cr… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2016-05-11 00:00
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