CVE-2026-10525 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 9.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some submitted form data before storing it and outputting it back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as administrators when they view the submitted entries.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00235.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1e191e6-ff5b-4cb8-9b12-8ae73cf0d2f0/

History

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 9.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some submitted form data before storing it and outputting it back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as administrators when they view the submitted entries.
Title		NEX-Forms < 9.2.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Form Submission
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1e191e6-ff5b-4cb8-9b12-8ae73cf0d2f0/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-17T06:00:01.678Z

Updated: 2026-07-17T14:50:27.413Z

Reserved: 2026-06-01T09:05:50.251Z

Link: CVE-2026-10525

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-17T14:50:21.523Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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