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CVE-2024-0907· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Wordfence

NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more <= 8.5.6 - Missing Authorization via restore_records()

The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the restore_records() function in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to restore records.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 28, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 46th percentile
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Action score

17

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
4.3
CNA · Wordfence
5.3
1.0 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
basixonlinenex-forms

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • basixonline nex-formsbefore 8.5.7

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress

    • up to and including 8.5.6affected · semver

Same product

basixonline: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-2114NEX-Forms < 8.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection
    41Plan
  • CVE-2015-9452The nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder plugin before 4.6.1 for WordPress has SQL injection via the wp-admin/admin.php?page=nex-forms-main nex
    40Plan
  • CVE-2022-3142NEX-Forms < 7.9.7 - Authenticated SQLi
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-52120WordPress NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder Plugin <= 8.5.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2021-34676Basix NEX-Forms through 7.8.7 allows authentication bypass for Excel report generation.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2021-34675Basix NEX-Forms through 7.8.7 allows authentication bypass for stored PDF reports.
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2020-36670358 days apartNEX-Forms <= 7.7.1 - Missing Authorization on Various AJAX Actions
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2024-11290 days apartNEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more <= 8.5.6 - Missing Authorization via set_starred()
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2024-11300 days apartNEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more <= 8.5.6 - Missing Authorization via set_read()
    17Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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