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GHSA-6GW3-344Q-7P6R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:15 – Updated: 2022-10-27 19:00

Details

The Ninja Forms WordPress plugin is vulnerable to arbitrary email sending via the trigger_email_action function found in the ~/includes/Routes/Submissions.php file, in versions up to and including 3.5.7. This allows authenticated attackers to send arbitrary emails from the affected server via the /ninja-forms-submissions/email-action REST API which can be used to socially engineer victims.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2021-34648 (GCVE-0-2021-34648)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-22 17:53 – Updated: 2025-03-31 18:20

Summary

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/09/recently-p…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Saturday Drive	Ninja Forms	Affected: 3.5.7 , ≤ 3.5.7 (custom)

Credits

Chloe Chamberland, Wordfence

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Sightings

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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GHSA-6GW3-344Q-7P6R

CVE-2021-34648 (GCVE-0-2021-34648)

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