CVE-2026-80438 json
Ninja Forms 3.14.0 - 3.15.1 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Modification and Sensitive Information Disclosure via Abilities REST API
published 2026-09-04 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-70907
- cvss
- 5.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 does not restrict its REST abilities to administrators, accepting a Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2-specific capability as equivalent to full site administration, which allows any user granted that capability to read Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 settings and stored form submissions, overwrite the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2's configuration, and create or modify arbitrary posts and pages. The capability belongs to no default WordPress role and the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 never grants it, so an administrator must have assigned it, typically when delegating access to the form builder.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Ninja Forms 3.15.2
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/befced17-95ff-4809-ad13-f63bc60e5670/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Ninja Forms
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/befced17-95ff-4809-ad13-f63bc60e5670/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-80438
- NVD CVE-2026-80438
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.