CVE-2019-10869

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-05-07 · updated 2026-08-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Path Traversal and Unrestricted File Upload exists in the Ninja Forms plugin before 3.0.23 for WordPress (when the Uploads add-on is activated). This allows an attacker to traverse the file system to access files and execute code via the includes/fields/upload.php (aka upload/submit page) name and tmp_name parameters.

Affected products

SaturdayDrive Ninja Forms - File Uploads: before 3.0.23 — fixed in 3.0.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SaturdayDrive Ninja Forms - File Uploads 3.0.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5898e0e-db43-4641-b2cd-f6a72cdb8993/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9272
https://www.onvio.nl/nieuws/ninjaforms-vulnerability
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9272
https://www.onvio.nl/nieuws/ninjaforms-vulnerability

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