The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the saved_admin_email, saved_user_email, and saved_user_email_address fields of arbitrary form entries belonging to other users, and cause the site to dispatch attacker-controlled email content to attacker-chosen recipient addresses.
CVE-2026-9017
MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(high)
- EPSS
- 19.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 11, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
References (8)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/main.php#L2663
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/main.php#L4636
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.10/main.php#L5288
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.13/main.php#L2663
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.13/main.php#L4636
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder/tags/9.1.13/main.php#L5288
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3584399%40nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder&new=3584399%40nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0af9df66-8d82-4ae8-85a1-656d8ea40a7a?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-9017(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 03:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-15 03:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-14 04:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-14 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 05:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-13 05:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-12 06:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-12 06:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 07:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 07:07 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-9017?
CVE-2026-9017 is a medium vulnerability published on July 11, 2026. The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 9.2.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated…
When was CVE-2026-9017 disclosed?
CVE-2026-9017 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 11, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-9017 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-9017 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 19.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-9017?
CVE-2026-9017 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-9017?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-9017, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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