CVE-2022-0889
The Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension WordPress plugin is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting due to missing sanitization of the files filename parameter found in the ~/includes/ajax/controllers/uploads.php file which can be used by…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension WordPress plugin is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting due to missing sanitization of the files filename parameter found in the ~/includes/ajax/controllers/uploads.php file which can be used by unauthenticated attackers to add malicious web scripts to vulnerable WordPress sites, in versions up to and including 3.3.12.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 56th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- ninjaforms/ninja forms file uploads
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://ninjaforms.com/extensions/file-uploads/?changelog=1/#:~:text=3.3.13%20(30%20November%202021)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c5642fa-d001-47c4-8acd-94ae944e5129?source=cve
- https://ninjaforms.com/extensions/file-uploads/?changelog=1/#:~:text=3.3.13%20(30%20November%202021)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c5642fa-d001-47c4-8acd-94ae944e5129?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.