CVE-2022-2903 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Ninja Forms Contact Form WordPress plugin before 3.6.13 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injections issues when an admin import (intentionally or not) a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00861.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ninjaforms	Ninja Forms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ninjaforms:ninja_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35131	The Ninja Forms Contact Form WordPress plugin before 3.6.13 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injections issues when an admin import (intentionally or not) a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/255b98ba-5da9-4424-a7e9-c438d8905864

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-09-26T12:35:34.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T19:18:35.069Z

Reserved: 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2903

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:53:00.439Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-26T13:15:10.513

Modified: 2025-05-21T20:15:28.117

Link: CVE-2022-2903

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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