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Severity
7.5
EPSS
0.04%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress plugin before 6.3, Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 6.3 allows you to display custom field values for any post via shortcode without checking for the correct access

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Severity
7.5
Infoleak
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WP Engine Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).This issue affects Advanced Custom Fields (ACF): from 3.1.1 through 6.0.2.

Remedy

Update to 6.0.3 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WP Engine Advanced Custom Fields Pro, WP Engine Advanced Custom Fields plugins <= 6.1.5 versions.

Remedy

Update to 6.1.6 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
EPSS
0.05%
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a custom text field in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Severity
6.6
EPSS
0.04%
Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

The Secure Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 6.3.9, Secure Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 6.3.6.3, Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 6.3.9 does not prevent users from running arbitrary functions through its setting import functionalities, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to run arbitrary PHP functions.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Free and Pro WordPress plugins 6.x before 6.1.0 and 5.x before 5.12.5 unserialize user controllable data, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7 and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary script on the web browser of the user who is logging in to the product with the administrative privilege.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Malicious File Upload
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The ACF-Frontend-Display plugin through 2015-07-03 for WordPress has arbitrary file upload via an action=upload request to js/blueimp-jQuery-File-Upload-d45deb1/server/php/index.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The advanced-custom-fields (aka Elliot Condon Advanced Custom Fields) plugin before 5.7.8 for WordPress has XSS by authors.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5.8.12 for WordPress mishandles the escaping of strings in Select2 dropdowns, potentially leading to XSS.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 5.9.1 did not properly escape the generated update URL when outputting it in an attribute, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue in the update settings page.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Advanced Custom Fields versions prior to 5.11 and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions prior to 5.11 contain a missing authorization vulnerability in moving the field group which may allow a user to move the unauthorized field group via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Advanced Custom Fields versions prior to 5.11 and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions prior to 5.11 contain a missing authorization vulnerability in obtaining the user list which may allow a user to obtain the unauthorized information via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Advanced Custom Fields versions prior to 5.11 and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions prior to 5.11 contain a missing authorization vulnerability in browsing database which may allow a user to browse unauthorized data via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Missing authorization vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields versions prior to 5.12.1 and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions prior to 5.12.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker to view the information on the database without the access permission.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Malicious File Upload
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The Advanced Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 5.12.3, Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 5.12.3 allows unauthenticated users to upload files allowed in a default WP configuration (so PHP is not possible) if there is a frontend form available. This vulnerability was introduced in the 5.0 rewrite and did not exist prior to that release.

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