Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.0.2 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Disclosure
CVE-2022-40696Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.0.2Update to 6.0.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Information Exposure
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) advanced-custom-fields
- Affected≤ 6.0.2
- Patched in6.0.3
Update to 6.0.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.0.2. Version 6.0.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 6.0.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Juan Hoffmann.
The Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.0.2. While the ACF shortcode ensures that the ACF data being accessed is valid data that has been entered into ACF fields, it may be possible with certain site configurations, that contributor-level users may extract sensitive user or configuration data.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.8.10Update to 6.8.11 | CVE-2026-110813 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure ≤6.8.10Update to 6.8.11 | CVE-2026-97189 | |
| Medium4.3 | 6.8.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference 6.2.0 – 6.8.10Update to 6.8.11 | CVE-2026-97190 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤6.8.10Update to 6.8.11 | CVE-2026-97191 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Modification via Front-End Form '_post_title' and '_post_content' Parameters ≤6.8.1Update to 6.8.2 | CVE-2026-8382 |
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- Medium4.36.8.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
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- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
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- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Modification via Front-End Form '_post_title' and '_post_content' Parameters
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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