CVE-2023-2114 — The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 8

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	NEX	Forms — 0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-05-08T13:58:08.740Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-04T20:02:29.849Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3d8ab3a5-1bf8-4216-91fa-e89541e5c43d
• github.com — https://github.com/SchmidAlex/nex-forms_SQL-Injection