CVE-2026-94262: Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 0.9.2.7 - Unauthenticated Non-Administrator Account Takeover via Front-End User Update Action

Published Oct 23, 2026
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Updated

The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8, Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8 does not verify that the requester is authorised to edit the targeted user account in the update-user action of its front-end Forms module, performing that check only when the target account holds an administrator role, which allows unauthenticated visitors to overwrite any non-administrator account's credentials and obtain a session for that account. Exploitation requires the site to publish a form whose user-update action maps its target to a visitor-submitted value rather than to the default current user.

Affected Software

2 affected components
ACF Extended Advanced Custom Fields: Extended<0.9.2.8
ACF Extended Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO<0.9.2.8

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Advanced Custom Fields: Extended to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.9.2.8
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.9.2.8

Event History

Oct 23, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness

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