# CVE-2024-1130: NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more <= 8.5.6 - Missing Authorization via set_read()

> Authenticated subscribers can mark form records as read due to missing capability checks in the NEX-Forms WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m6m8-pj95-q4rg

## What is CVE-2024-1130?

CVE-2024-1130 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 1 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Contact forms and much more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the set_read() function in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to mark records as read.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1130?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Basixonline Nex-Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1130?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1130 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1130 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress

- [CVE-2015-9452](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9452/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-3142](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3142/): NEX-Forms < 7.9.7 - Authenticated SQLi (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-53808](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53808/): WordPress NEX-Forms plugin <= 8.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-50838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50838/): WordPress NEX-Forms – Ultimate Form Builder Plugin <= 8.5.5 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2021-34675](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34675/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1130 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1130 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 1 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1130/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1130/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1130
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1130
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1130

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1130/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.