Medium severity · published May 8, 2025
CVE-2025-3468
NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more <= 8.9.1 - Authenticated (Custom) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NU
NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress · webaways
through 8.9.1 · source: vendor
NE
Nex-forms · Basixonline
before 8.9.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
NU
NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress
webaways
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3468
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3468
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/trunk/includes/classes/class.db.php?rev=3226607#L303
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a33a7ba5-c6f8-4cf4-8011-8312e9c5da8f?source=cve
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