Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 0.9.2.7 - Unauthenticated Administrator Account Takeover via Front-End User Update Action

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-94268
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWPScan
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-23 06:17:08 UTC
Updated2026-10-23 06:17:08 UTC
DescriptionThe Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8, Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8 does not resolve the target of the update-user action in its front-end Forms module consistently between the stage that authorises the request and the stage that carries it out, which allows unauthenticated visitors to bypass the guard protecting administrator accounts, take over the site administrator's account and be issued a valid session for it. Exploitation requires the site to publish two separate front-end form configurations whose targets are mapped to visitor-submitted values.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Unknown Advanced Custom Fields Extended affected 0.9.2.7 0.9.2.8 semver Not specified
CNA Unknown Advanced Custom Fields Extended PRO affected 0.9.2.7 0.9.2.8 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
wpscan.com/vulnerability/eccfab3c-e7cc-4623-9c20-4cd6c32f8422 [email protected] wpscan.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Jakub Herman (en)

CNA: WPScan (en)

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