NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more <= 8.5.6 - Missing Authorization via restore_records()

published 2024-02-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-16689

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the restore_records() function in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to restore records.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

basixonline nex-forms 8.5.7

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/8.5.7/inclu… patch

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-03-05)

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-0907
NVD CVE-2024-0907

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary