CVE-2026-101326 (GCVE-0-2026-101326)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-31 05:33
Modified
2026-10-31 05:33
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code
Summary
The The Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.5 This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Exploitation requires that an administrator has configured at least one Ninja Forms field with its Default Value set to the {wp:user_display_name} merge tag on a publicly accessible page; a Subscriber need only set their display_name to a shortcode string via their profile and then visit that page.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kstover | Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder |
Version: 0 ≤ 3.15.5 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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