Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-6701Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Advanced Custom Fields Pro from Delicious Brains. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a custom text field in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpengine | Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) | 0 – through 6.2.4 |
| Delicious Brains | Advanced Custom Fields Pro | 0 – through 6.2.4 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N