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CVE-2026-80437: Ninja Forms 3.14.10 - 3.15.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via IP and Referer Merge Tags
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-06 · updated 2026-09-08
- Weakness: CWE-74
Description
The Ninja Forms WordPress plugin from 3.14.10 before 3.15.2 does not prevent shortcodes in request-derived values from being executed when it substitutes them into content it later processes for shortcodes, allowing unauthenticated users to run any shortcode registered on the site.
Affected products
- kstover Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You: from 3.14.10 before 3.15.2 — fixed in 3.15.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: kstover Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You 3.15.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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