CVE-2023-2114: NEX-Forms < 8.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 44.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 8.4 does not properly escape the `table` parameter, which is populated with user input, before concatenating it to an SQL query.

Affected products

webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress: before 8.4 — fixed in 8.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress 8.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/SchmidAlex/nex-forms_SQL-Injection
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3d8ab3a5-1bf8-4216-91fa-e89541e5c43d
https://github.com/SchmidAlex/nex-forms_SQL-Injection
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3d8ab3a5-1bf8-4216-91fa-e89541e5c43d

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