Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.2.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Custom Field Access

4.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-4565
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 30, 2024
Last Updated August 29, 2024
Researchers Scott Kingsley Clark
Francesco Carlucci

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary custom field access in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.10. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what post meta can be displayed through the plugin's shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive information from custom fields.

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Vulnerability Details for Secure Custom Fields

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.3.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.2.10
Patched Version
  • 6.3.0

1 other affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields-pro
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.3.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.2.10
Patched Version
  • 6.3.0

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