# CVE-2026-9017: Missing authorization in NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify arbitrary form entries and send attacker-controlled emails via an AJAX action 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:** 11 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mp2r-c4g7-25w6

## What is CVE-2026-9017?

CVE-2026-9017 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 11 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-9017?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-9017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-9017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-9017 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2026-9017 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-9017 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in webaways NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress, published on 11 Jul 2026. 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-2026-9017 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-2026-9017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9017/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9017
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9017
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-9017

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9017/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.