NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more <= 8.5.6 - Missing Authorization via restore_records()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0907
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-76cr-x9wq-mm5r
References
Patch 3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/8.5.7/includes/classes/class.dashboard.php#L1512
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/8.5.7/includes/classes/class.dashboard.php#L1493
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/8.5.7/includes/classes/class.dashboard.php#L1539
Other 3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/trunk/includes/classes/class.dashboard.php#L1490
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/trunk/includes/classes/class.dashboard.php#L1502
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/trunk/includes/classes/class.dashboard.php#L1524
More webaways Nex-forms vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01989 NEX-Forms < 8.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-00416 NEX-Forms < 8.4.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-00257 NEX-Forms < 8.3.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-02901 NEX-Forms < 7.9.7 - Authenticated SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-07829 The nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder plugin before 4.6.1 for WordPress has SQL injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-28559 WordPress NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder Plugin <= 8.5.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-0907 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-0907 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-76cr-x9wq-mm5r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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