CVE-2023-0272: NEX-Forms < 8.3.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 8.3.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress: before 8.3.3 — fixed in 8.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress 8.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/047b50c0-0eb3-4371-9e5d-3778fdafc66b
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/047b50c0-0eb3-4371-9e5d-3778fdafc66b

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