CVE-2026-90438
Ninja Forms <= 3.15.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Paragraph Text (RTE) Field Submission
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Paragraph Text (RTE) Field Submission in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when the targeted Paragraph Text field has the Rich Text Editor (RTE) option enabled.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
Ninja Forms <= 3.15.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Paragraph Text (RTE) Field Submission
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Paragraph Text (RTE) Field Submission in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when the targeted Paragraph Text field has the Rich Text Editor (RTE) option enabled.
- Record
CVE-2026-90438- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-91177
7.2
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Paragraph Text (RTE) Field Submission in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when the targeted Paragraph Text field has the Rich Text Editor (RTE) option enabled.
- Record
EUVD-2026-91177- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7cq6-x444-93vj
7.2
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable...
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Paragraph Text (RTE) Field Submission in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when the targeted Paragraph Text field has the Rich Text Editor (RTE) option enabled.
- Record
GHSA-7cq6-x444-93vj- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Paragraph Text (RTE) Field Submission in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when the targeted Paragraph Text field has the Rich Text Editor (RTE) option enabled.
- Record
CVE-2026-90438- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-90438 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Kstover Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder With Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & Ai Form Builder, published October 2, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a159485d-ce5b-46e7-8e63-a72012ccc180?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.3/build/submissions.js
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.3/includes/Helper.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.3/includes/Database/Models/Submission.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.3/includes/AJAX/Controllers/Submission.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.2/build/submissions.js
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plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.2/includes/Helper.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.2/includes/Database/Models/Submission.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninja-forms/tags/3.15.2/includes/AJAX/Controllers/Submission.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3717122%40ninja-forms%2Ftags%2F3.15.5&old=3705719%40ninja-forms%2Ftags%2F3.15.4
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3717122/ninja-forms/trunk/includes/AJAX/Controllers/Submission.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90438
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cq6-x444-93vj