Description
The Ninja Tables WordPress plugin before 5.2.17 does not restrict shortcode expansion to administrator-authored table rows which, in a non-default configuration, allows unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes executed on a public page, and to permanently break that page, by submitting an ordinary form entry.
References1
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.6
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 19 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-74
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