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ACF Quick Edit Fields <= 3.2.2 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

CVE-2023-7286Published Dec 5, 2022 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3 or newer

All remediation steps

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Severity

Medium6.5

CVSS

6.5

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:L Attack complexity: Low
PR:L Privileges required: Low
UI:N User interaction: None
S:U Scope: Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality: High
I:N Integrity: None
A:N Availability: None

Weakness

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Required access

Unknown

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

No score

CISA KEV

Not listed

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Am I affected?

ACF Quick Edit Fields acf-quickedit-fields

Affected≤ 3.2.2
Patched in3.2.3

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.2.2. Version 3.2.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under ACF Quick Edit Fields.
No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

Update to version 3.2.3, or a newer patched version
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
Watch ACF Quick Edit Fields to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chris Grello.

The plugin ACF Quick Edit Fields for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it possible for attackers without the edit_users capability to access metadata of other users, this includes contributor-level users and above.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Dec 5, 2022
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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