CVE-2025-69324

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published

20 February 2026

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0004 14.4th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69324 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 14.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-69324 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Basix NEX-Forms (nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder) WordPress plugin in all versions from n/a through 9.1.7.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L). Unauthenticated attackers with network access can exploit it through low-complexity attacks requiring user interaction, such as victims viewing a compromised form page. Exploitation results in low-impact violations of confidentiality, integrity, and availability across a changed scope.

Patchstack advisories detail the issue for the NEX-Forms plugin up to version 9.1.7, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/vulnerability/wordpress-nex-forms-plugin-9-1-7-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207598

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Basix NEX-Forms nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder allows Stored XSS.This issue affects NEX-Forms: from n/a through <= 9.1.7.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web app (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1