CVE-2023-5292
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
20/10/2023
Last modified:
08/04/2026
Description
The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'acfe_form' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 0.8.9.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:acfextended:advanced_custom_fields_extended:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 0.8.9.3 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-extended/tags/0.8.9.3/includes/modules/form/module-form-front.php#L669
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-extended/tags/0.8.9.4/includes/modules/form/module-form-front.php#L669
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2972880/acf-extended#file4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dcbe0c72-d518-45d3-a220-896a51071b26?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-extended/tags/0.8.9.3/includes/modules/form/module-form-front.php#L669
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-extended/tags/0.8.9.4/includes/modules/form/module-form-front.php#L669
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2972880/acf-extended#file4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dcbe0c72-d518-45d3-a220-896a51071b26?source=cve