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.
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)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1e191e6-ff5b-4cb8-9b12-8ae73cf0d2f0/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description