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CVE-2023-36505: WordPress Ninja Forms Plugin <= 3.6.24 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.60% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Saturday Drive Ninja Forms Contact Form 3.6.25.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Saturday Drive Ninja Forms Contact Form 3.6.25 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Saturday Drive Ninja Forms Contact Form.This issue affects Ninja Forms Contact Form : from n/a through 3.6.24.

Published
Apr 17, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 49th percentile

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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.2
CNA · Patchstack
6.8
0.4 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
ninjaformsninja forms

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Saturday Drive Ninja Forms Contact Form

    • n/a and later · up to and including 3.6.24affectedfixed in 3.6.25

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ninjaforms ninja formsbefore 3.6.25

Same product

ninjaforms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2016-1209The Ninja Forms plugin before 2.9.42.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted serialized…
    60This week
  • CVE-2025-9083Ninja-forms < 3.11.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Objection
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-37934WordPress Ninja Forms plugin <= 3.8.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Shortcode Execution vulnerability
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-26019Apr 10, 2024 · Ninja Forms prior to 3.8.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in submit processing.
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-29220Apr 10, 2024 · Ninja Forms prior to 3.8.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in custom fields for labels.
    24Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-38386Jun 19, 2024 · WordPress Ninja Forms plugin <= 3.6.25 - Contributor+ Broken Access Control vulnerability
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Saturday Drive Ninja Forms Contact Form3.6.25Vendor (CNA)

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

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Credits

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are 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
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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