CVE-2026-66678: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Justin Kruit Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
Contributor Broken Access Control in Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 6.1.1 versions.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability is a broken access control issue (CWE-862) in the Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to 6.1.1. It allows users with contributor-level privileges to perform actions that should require higher authorization, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and limited confidentiality impact without integrity or availability impact. No patch or official remediation is currently documented.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows contributor-level users to bypass authorization controls, potentially exposing limited confidential information. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The overall impact is limited to confidentiality loss.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor privileges where possible and monitor for updates from the vendor.
CVE-2026-66678: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Justin Kruit Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
Description
Contributor Broken Access Control in Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 6.1.1 versions.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is a broken access control issue (CWE-862) in the Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to 6.1.1. It allows users with contributor-level privileges to perform actions that should require higher authorization, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and limited confidentiality impact without integrity or availability impact. No patch or official remediation is currently documented.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows contributor-level users to bypass authorization controls, potentially exposing limited confidential information. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The overall impact is limited to confidentiality loss.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor privileges where possible and monitor for updates from the vendor.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T14:00:57.628Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a749d41bf8831d539dba7d8
Added to database: 08/06/2026, 14:42:09 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 14:59:42 UTC
Last updated: 08/07/2026, 02:31:35 UTC
Views: 7
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