HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-2114

Nex Forms vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
44.6%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 8.4 does not properly escape the `table` parameter, which is populated with user input, before concatenating it to an SQL query.
Affected vendor
Basixonline
Affected product
Nex Forms
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-05-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 44.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-2114

  • Confirm whether Basixonline Nex Forms is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-2114.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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