Advanced Custom Fields <= 5.10 - Missing Authorization on Option Changes

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-20867
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published December 2, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Keitaro Yamazaki
Description

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.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.11
Patched Version
  • 5.11
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.11
Patched Version
  • 5.11
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