Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension <= 3.3.0 - Arbitrary File Upload
The Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension WordPress plugin is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient input file type validation found in the ~/includes/ajax/controllers/uploads.php file which can be bypassed making it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions up to and including 3.3.0
- Published
- Mar 23, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 39.4% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-434
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Action score
51
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 12 / 30 · 39.4%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 9.8
- CNA · Wordfence
- 9.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ninjaforms | ninja forms file uploads | cpe:2.3:a:ninjaforms:ninja_forms_file_uploads |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ninjaforms ninja forms file uploadsup to 3.3.0 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
SaturdayDrive Ninja Forms - File Uploads
- up to and including 3.3.0affected · semver
Same product
ninjaforms: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-10869Path Traversal and Unrestricted File Upload exists in the Ninja Forms plugin before 3.0.23 for WordPress (when the Uploads add-on is activat34Monitor
- CVE-2024-1596Ninja Forms File Uploads <= 3.3.16 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload24Monitor
- CVE-2022-0889Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension <= 3.3.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting24Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Muhammad Zeeshanfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f00eeaef-f277-481f-9e18-bf1ced0015a0?source=cve
- www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0888
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.