Ninja Forms < 3.6.34 – Admin+ Stored XSS | CVE 2023-5530

Description

The plugin does not sanitize and escape its label fields, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored XSS attacks. Only users with the unfiltered_html capability can perform this, and such users are already allowed to use JS in posts/comments etc however the vendor acknowledged and fixed the issue

Proof of Concept

1.      Install and activate the Ninja Forms WordPress
2.      As an admin with the unfiltered_html capability, create a new form.
3.      In the form settings, add a new text field.
4.      In the field label, enter the following code: <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>, or Name<a href=javascript:alert(/XSS-1/) onfocus=alert(/XSS-2/) autofocus>ClickME, maybe</a>
5.      Save the form.

The XSS will be triggered when viewing the form in the frontend, as well as when editing the form in the backend