CVE-2025-3468
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-3468) discovered on May 8, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 8.9.1. The issue exists in the cleanhtml and formfields parameters due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD CVE Details).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). The vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of input during web page generation in the cleanhtml and formfields parameters (NVD CVE Details).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Custom-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD CVE Details).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update to a version newer than 8.9.1 once available. Until then, it is recommended to restrict access to the Custom-level permissions and monitor for suspicious activity in the form builder parameters (NVD CVE Details).

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