Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-10525NEX-Forms < 9.2.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Form Submission

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in NEX-Forms from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 9.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some submitted form data before storing it and outputting it back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as administrators when they view the submitted entries.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown NEX-Forms 0 – before 9.2.3

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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