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CVE-2026-120534: Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO (WordPress plugin) · Unrestricted File Upload

Affects Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 05:13 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (Wordfence)CVSS 3.19.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ACF ExtendedAdvanced Custom Fields: Extended PROAffected
  • <=0.9.2.6
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, administrators should avoid enabling the 'shortcode_preview' setting and ensure the server environment includes OpenSSL functions to prevent fallback to insecure decoding. Monitor vendor channels for updates and apply patches promptly once released.

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO WordPress plugin up to version 0.9.2.6 contains a critical vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform limited code injection via the render_field function. This occurs due to insufficient validation of form configuration parameters, enabling arbitrary WordPress function calls with attacker-controlled arguments. Exploitation requires either enabling a non-default shortcode_preview setting or the absence of OpenSSL functions on the server.

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