# CVE-2024-13498: Information disclosure in NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive uploaded files due to predictable filenames and directory listing in the NEX-Forms WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qh6c-qfmr-q57f

## What is CVE-2024-13498?

CVE-2024-13498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 12 Mar 2025. 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 Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.8.1 via file uploads due to insufficient directory listing prevention and lack of randomization of file names. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including files uploaded via a form.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13498?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-13498?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13498 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13498 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13498 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 12 Mar 2025. 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-2024-13498 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-2024-13498/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13498/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13498
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13498
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13498

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13498/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.