CVE-2025-3468

The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the clean_html and form_fields parameters in all versions up to, and including, 8.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/trunk/includes/classes/class.db.php?rev=3226607#L303	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a33a7ba5-c6f8-4cf4-8011-8312e9c5da8f?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:basixonline:nex-forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

04 Jun 2025, 22:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-08 12:15

Updated : 2025-06-04 22:54

NVD link : CVE-2025-3468

Mitre link : CVE-2025-3468

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-3468

JSON object : View

Products Affected

basixonline

nex-forms

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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