Advanced Custom Fields (Free and Pro) 5.8.10 to 5.12.5 & 6.0.0 to 6.1.5 — Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_status'
CVE-2023-30777Published · Updated Action summary
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®): Affected: ≤6.1.5Update to 5.12.6 or 6.1.6 or newer
Advanced Custom Fields Pro: Affected: ≤6.1.5Update to 5.12.6 or 6.1.6 or newer
Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.1
- CVSS
- 6.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) advanced-custom-fields
- Affected≤ 6.1.5
- Patched in5.12.6 / 6.1.6
Update to 5.12.6 / 6.1.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.1.5. Version 5.12.6, 6.1.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
Advanced Custom Fields Pro advanced-custom-fields-pro
- Affected≤ 6.1.5
- Patched in5.12.6 / 6.1.6
Update to 5.12.6 / 6.1.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.1.5. Version 5.12.6, 6.1.6 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.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 5.12.6, 6.1.6
- Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 5.12.6, 6.1.6
- 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 Rafie Muhammad.
The Advanced Custom Fields (free & PRO) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_status' parameter in versions 5.8.10 to 5.12.5 and versions 6.0.0 to 6.1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.1
Record last updated
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