⚠ Reference material — not professional advice. Test in staging, back up first, verify against your specific version. Use your own judgment for your environment.
● Medium · CVSS 6.5

How to Fix CVE-2026-1307: Information Disclosure in Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You

Other vulnerabilities in the same area that are worth patching alongside this one:

*By Sai Kiran Pandrala*

⚡ At a glance
SeverityCVSS 6.5 - Medium
Actively exploited?Not currently listed in CISA KEV
Affected0 <= 3.14.1
Fixed inSee vendor advisory
Type (CWE)CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

What is CVE-2026-1307?

CVE-2026-1307 is an information disclosure flaw in Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You. The product returns sensitive data to a caller who should not have access, including credentials, session tokens, or configuration. Disclosure often feeds a follow-up attack chain. Vendor description: The Ninja Forms - The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.14.1 via a callback function for the admin_enqueue_scripts action handler in blocks/bootstrap.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to gain access to an authorization token to view form submissions for arbitrary forms, which could potentially contain sensitive information.

Why this CVE matters

Information disclosure flaws are dangerous because they make the next attack easier. Sensitive configuration, session material, or credentials leaked from one endpoint frequently power the follow-on attack that actually takes over the system.

For deployments of Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You that have been exposed to the public internet during the disclosure window, the operating assumption should be that scanning has already happened. Even where exploitation has not been publicly observed, scanning for the vulnerable fingerprint is cheap and routine. Patching closes the door; log review and credential rotation close out the rest of the response.

Am I affected?

You are affected if your installation matches any of these version ranges:

Check your installed version against the list above. If you cannot determine the version, treat the system as affected and follow the upgrade path below.

Open Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You's About dialog or run the vendor-documented version-check command. Compare the result against the affected ranges in the advisory.

How to fix CVE-2026-1307

The fix is to apply the patched build listed in the kstover advisory.

Affected versions confirmed in the CVE record:

Patch via the OS package manager (Linux)


<!-- enrich_agent_2:v1 -->
# 1. Update the package metadata.
sudo apt update                                  # Debian / Ubuntu
sudo dnf check-update                            # RHEL / Rocky / AlmaLinux / Fedora
sudo zypper refresh                              # openSUSE

# 2. Pull the patched version listed in the [vendor advisory](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df4f4358-af6a-4a1a-bb83-afe31b3cdb9f?source=cve) of Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You from kstover.
sudo apt install --only-upgrade ninja-forms-the-contact-form-builder-that-grows-with-you
sudo dnf upgrade ninja-forms-the-contact-form-builder-that-grows-with-you
sudo zypper update ninja-forms-the-contact-form-builder-that-grows-with-you

# 3. Restart the affected service so the patched binary is the running binary.
sudo systemctl restart ninja-forms-the-contact-form-builder-that-grows-with-you || true

# 4. Verify the running version.
ninja-forms-the-contact-form-builder-that-grows-with-you --version

Verify the fix worked


<!-- enrich_agent_2:v1 -->
# 1. Confirm the running version matches the fixed-in version from the advisory.
#    Cross-check against the vendor advisory: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df4f4358-af6a-4a1a-bb83-afe31b3cdb9f?source=cve

# 2. Re-scan with your vulnerability scanner. The scanner should no longer flag
#    this CVE on the patched host.
# Example with Nmap NSE:
nmap -sV --script vuln <target-host>

# 3. Inspect the service / kernel logs for crash-loops or rollback events in
#    the first hour after the upgrade.
journalctl -u <service-name> --since "1 hour ago"
dmesg --since "1 hour ago"

If you cannot patch immediately

No official workaround exists beyond restricting network exposure to the affected component. Apply the vendor patch as the primary remediation.

How to verify the fix worked

If your installation was internet-reachable during the disclosure window, treat log review as part of the remediation rather than an optional follow-up. Look for unusually long URI paths containing traversal sequences, unexpectedly large responses from the affected endpoint, and outbound requests from the application to internal addresses or cloud-metadata endpoints. Treat any sensitive file the bug could disclose as exposed.

Frequently asked questions

Is CVE-2026-1307 being exploited in the wild?

Public exploitation has not been confirmed by CISA at the time of writing. Treat the patch as time-sensitive anyway; reports often lag actual abuse.

Will a WAF or IDS rule fully mitigate CVE-2026-1307?

No. Network-layer filters can reduce noise and slow opportunistic scanners, but they will not stop a determined attacker. The vendor patch is the only durable fix.

How long should I plan for the upgrade?

Typical vendor-documented upgrade windows for Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You run from a few minutes to under an hour depending on cluster size. Test in a staging environment first and follow the vendor's documented HA upgrade order.

References

*This guide was assembled from the official vendor advisory, the NVD record, and the CISA KEV catalog entry on 2026-05-25. Always confirm against the vendor advisory before applying changes in production.*