What is CVE-2026-10525?

CVE-2026-10525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nex-Forms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-10525?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Nex-Forms

CVE-2026-10525

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (19.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Nex-forms — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-10525?: CVE-2026-10525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nex-Forms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-10525?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.