NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress <= 9.3.1 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2026-96607Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤9.3.1Update to 9.3.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.4
- CVSS
- 6.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder
- Affected≤ 9.3.1
- Patched in9.3.2
Update to 9.3.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 9.3.1. Version 9.3.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 9.3.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ahmed Hassan.
The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 9.3.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Content-Type Header ≤9.3.2Update to 9.3.3 | CVE-2026-96767 | |
| Medium5.3 | 9.3.0 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference 9.2.1 – 9.3.0Update to 9.3.1 | CVE-2026-106166 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'operator' Key of the 'additional_params' Parameter ≤9.3.0Update to 9.3.1 | CVE-2026-75961 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection via 'additional_params' Parameter ≤9.2.4Update to 9.2.5 | CVE-2026-15602 | |
| High8.1 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'location' Parameter ≤9.2.3Update to 9.2.4 | CVE-2026-15450 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Content-Type Header
≤9.3.2Update to 9.3.3
- Medium5.39.3.0 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference
9.2.1 – 9.3.0Update to 9.3.1
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'operator' Key of the 'additional_params' Parameter
≤9.3.0Update to 9.3.1
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection via 'additional_params' Parameter
≤9.2.4Update to 9.2.5
- High8.1Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'location' Parameter
≤9.2.3Update to 9.2.4
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
All Cross-Site Scripting| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.