Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in ACF Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-6701

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Advanced Custom Fields (acf)
Advanced Custom Fields Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 February 2024

What is CVE-2023-6701?

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a custom text field in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected Version(s)

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) * <= 6.2.4

Advanced Custom Fields Pro * <= 6.2.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-2-5-secur...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3022469/adva...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Francesco Carlucci
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CVE-2023-6701 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in ACF Plugin for WordPress