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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2023-5292 EUVD-2023-57615GHSA-8q5v-q254-rx9v

Advanced Custom Fields: Extended <= 0.8.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Published Oct 20, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'acfe_form' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 0.8.9.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
hwk-fr Advanced Custom Fields: Extended ≤ 0.8.9.3 —

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