Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-0889

High

Published: 23 March 2022

Published
23 March 2022
Modified
08 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0202 84.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-0889 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Ninjaforms Ninja Forms File Uploads. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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scripts to vulnerable WordPress sites, in versions up to and including 3.3.12.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ninjaforms
ninja forms file uploads
≤ 3.3.12

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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