What the vulnerability does
01Description
The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in the action nf_load_form_entries in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This may be exploitable by lower-level users if access is granted by a site administrator.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
NEX-Forms contains a SQL injection vulnerability in versions up to 9.1.6. An authenticated administrator can craft malicious input in form fields to read sensitive data from the WordPress database. The vulnerability requires high-level admin access and does not allow data modification or site unavailability. Update to a version newer than 9.1.6.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Read sensitive data from the WordPress database via SQL injection.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
An admin account compromise could expose database contents like user credentials and private data.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have administrator-level access to the WordPress site.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
October 11, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
