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.
Published: 2026-09-23
Score: 5.6 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Ninja Tables < 5.2.17 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Fluent Forms Data Source
Weaknesses CWE-74
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:49:44.316Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T08:48:00.862Z

Link: CVE-2026-86612

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:33:29.224Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T11:17:14.730

Modified: 2026-09-23T11:17:14.730

Link: CVE-2026-86612

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T14:30:06Z

Weaknesses