Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 0.9.2.7 — Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
CVE-2026-94268Published · Updated Action summary
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended: Affected: 0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8 or newer
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO: Affected: 0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.3% chance in 30 days25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended acf-extended
- Affected0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7
- Patched in0.9.2.8
Update to 0.9.2.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run 0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7. Version 0.9.2.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO acf-extended-pro
- Affected0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7
- Patched in0.9.2.8
Update to 0.9.2.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run 0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7. Version 0.9.2.8 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: Extended.
- 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 version 0.9.2.8, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 0.9.2.8, 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: Extended to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jakub Herman.
The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to 0.9.2.7. This is due to insufficient restriction on the frontend user form. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges by accessing administrative user accounts.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended
All 20| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'acf[<mapped_field>]' Parameter via {get_user} Template Tag Injection ≤0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8 | CVE-2026-110305 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Data Exposure via Multiple AJAX Endpoints ≤0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8 | CVE-2026-2839 | |
| Medium4.8 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via Email Action Dynamic File Field ≤0.9.2.6Update to 0.9.2.7 | CVE-2026-10752 | |
| High7.3 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Non-Admin Account Takeover 0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8 | CVE-2026-94262 | |
| Medium6.4 | 0.9.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting 0.8.9.4 – 0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8 | CVE-2026-94264 |
- High7.5Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'acf[<mapped_field>]' Parameter via {get_user} Template Tag Injection
≤0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Data Exposure via Multiple AJAX Endpoints
≤0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8
- Medium4.8Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via Email Action Dynamic File Field
≤0.9.2.6Update to 0.9.2.7
- High7.3Unauthenticated Arbitrary Non-Admin Account Takeover
0.9.2.7 – 0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8
- Medium6.40.9.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
0.8.9.4 – 0.9.2.7Update to 0.9.2.8
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.