Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Disclosure

4.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2022-40696
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 18, 2022
Last Updated January 18, 2023
Researcher Juan Hoffmann

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.0.2. While the ACF shortcode ensures that the ACF data being accessed is valid data that has been entered into ACF fields, it may be possible with certain site configurations, that contributor-level users may extract sensitive user or configuration data.

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Vulnerability Details for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.0.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.0.2
Patched Version
  • 6.0.3

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