Sensitive Information Exposure in WordPress Plugin Affecting ACF and Others
CVE-2026-17580

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (acf, Pods, Metabox), Posts, Cpt And Woo Products Anywhere In Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver…
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-17580?

The Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to retrieve sensitive admin content. This includes template markup, CSS and JavaScript code, and PHP controller variables from any Layout or Post Selection post created within the site, compromising the confidentiality of site data. This issue arises due to improper handling within the register_rest_routes method, impacting all versions up to and including 3.9.1.

Affected Version(s)

Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver… 0 <= 3.9.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-views/tags...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-views/tags...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Wordfence PRISM
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