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

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

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.2.10
Patched Version
  • 6.3.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.2.10
Patched Version
  • 6.3.0
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