NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more: Sensitive information exposure
NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more is affected by sensitive information exposure. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.
- Component
- NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 12, 2025
This CVE was published Mar 12, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.8.1 via file uploads due to insufficient directory listing prevention and lack of randomization of file names. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including files uploaded via a form.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N