CVE-2026-8809 - CERT CVE
ID CVE-2026-8809
Sažetak The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Validation Bypass in all versions up to and including 0.9.2.5. The vulnerability exists due to the after_validate_save_post() function unconditionally trusting the attacker-controlled _acf_post_id POST parameter — with no authentication or integrity verification — to select a cleanup branch that silently discards all validation errors not prefixed with acfe:. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to suppress both the role allow-list validation error added by acfe_field_user_roles::validate_front_value() and the administrator-role capability guard error added by acfe_module_form_action_user::validate_action(), causing wp_insert_user() to execute with an attacker-supplied administrator role argument and resulting in the creation of a new administrator-level user account. Exploitation requires the target site to expose a public ACFE frontend form configured with a Create User action that maps a role field.
Reference
CVSS
Base: 9.8
Impact: 5.9
Exploitability:3.9
Pristup
VektorSloženostAutentikacija
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
PovjerljivostCjelovitostDostupnost
HIGH HIGH HIGH
CVSS vektor CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Zadnje važnije ažuriranje 29-05-2026 - 02:40
Objavljeno 28-05-2026 - 23:16