{"id":"CVE-2022-0889","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-0889","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:48:20.644Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2022-03-23T20:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:21:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["ninjaforms/ninja forms file uploads"],"epss":{"score":0.00776,"percentile":0.55518,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://ninjaforms.com/extensions/file-uploads/?changelog=1/#:~:text=3.3.13%20(30%20November%202021)","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c5642fa-d001-47c4-8acd-94ae944e5129?source=cve","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://ninjaforms.com/extensions/file-uploads/?changelog=1/#:~:text=3.3.13%20(30%20November%202021)","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c5642fa-d001-47c4-8acd-94ae944e5129?source=cve","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0889","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}