Unauthenticated shortcode execution in Ninja Forms WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
The Ninja Forms plugin (Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder) for WordPress by kstover is affected in all versions up to and including 3.15.5. An action does not properly validate a value before it is passed to do_shortcode, which is improper control of code generation (CWE-94). An unauthenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
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 unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Drive | Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder | up to 3.15.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder VendorSaturday Drive Affected up to 3.15.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Ninja Forms.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Timeline
- 2026-10-31 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100155
- 2026-10-31 Alias added: GHSA-pqjx-p6p5-mv3f
- 2026-11-01 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1cf42f7-77c6-4594-a6a4-cebf5c3558d7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Actions/SuccessMessage.php#L63
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Actions/SuccessMessage.php#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/AJAX/Controllers/Submission.php#L52
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/Abstracts/MergeTags.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/MergeTags/Fields.php#L268
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.4/includes/AJAX/Controllers/Submission.php#L60
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3749135%40ninja-forms%2Ftags%2F3.15.6&old=3717122%40ninja-forms%2Ftags%2F3.15.5
More Saturday Drive vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-00527 Ninja Forms - File Upload <= 3.3.26 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08325 Ninja-forms < 3.11.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Objection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-01107 The Ninja Forms plugin before 2.9.42.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to conduct… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19777 WordPress Ninja Forms plugin <= 3.6.25 - Subscriber+ Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-00792 Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension <= 3.3.0 - Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-02691 NinjaForms < 3.6.13 - Admin+ PHP Objection Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-100155 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100155 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pqjx-p6p5-mv3f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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