CVE-2026-80438CWE-284broken-access-control

CVE-2026-80438

Medium · published September 4, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00227 · 12.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
Published
2026-09-04T11:17Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 SEP 03:44Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 04 SEP 06:00Z
    Ninja Forms 3.14.0 - 3.15.1 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Modification and Sensitive Information Disclosure via Abilities REST API
    cvelistv5