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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields PRO Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities (5.10)

Description

WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields PRO is prone to multiple security bypass vulnerabilities. Exploiting these issues may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently browse unauthorized data on the database, or move field groups. WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields PRO version 5.10 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.11 or latest

References

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09136401/index.html

https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-5-11-release-rest-api/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-20865 CVE-2021-20866 CVE-2021-20867 CWE-862 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass

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