CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2022-2594
High (8.8) in advancedcustomfields advanced custom fields. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The Advanced Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 5.12.3, Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 5.12.3 allows unauthenticated users to upload files allowed in a default WP configuration (so PHP is not possible) if there is a frontend form available. This vulnerability was introduced in the 5.0 rewrite and did not exist prior to that release.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-434
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- advancedcustomfields:advanced_custom_fields
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3fde5336-552c-4861-8b4d-89a16735c0e2
- https://www.pritect.net/blog/advanced-custom-fields-5-12-3-can-allow-unauthenticated-users-to-upload-arbitrary-files
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3fde5336-552c-4861-8b4d-89a16735c0e2
- https://www.pritect.net/blog/advanced-custom-fields-5-12-3-can-allow-unauthenticated-users-to-upload-arbitrary-files