# CVE-2025-4208: Code injection in NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress

> Authenticated attackers with Custom-level access can execute arbitrary PHP functions via unsanitized input in the get_table_records function.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 May 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fwq9-rxhv-qh9w

## What is CVE-2025-4208?

CVE-2025-4208 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 8 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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 Limited Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 8.9.1 via the get_table_records function. This is due to the unsanitized use of user-supplied input in call_user_func(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access, to execute arbitrary PHP functions that meet specific constraints (static methods or global functions accepting a single array parameter).

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4208?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Basixonline Nex-Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4208?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4208 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4208 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4208 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-2025-4208 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4208 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 8 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4208 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-2025-4208/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4208/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4208
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4208
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4208

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4208/
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