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Medium · 4.3 Public exploit CVE-2025-12030 EUVD-2026-1349GHSA-g9gc-23hp-3qj2

ACF to REST API <= 3.3.4 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) ACF Field/Option Modification

Published Jan 7, 2026 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The ACF to REST API plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.4. This is due to insufficient capability checks in the update_item_permissions_check() method, which only verifies that the current user has the edit_posts capability without checking object-specific permissions (e.g., edit_post($id), edit_user($id), manage_options). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to modify ACF fields on posts they do not own, any user account, comments, taxonomy terms, and even the global options page via the /wp-json/acf/v3/{type}/{id} endpoints, granted they can authenticate to the site.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
airesvsg ACF to REST API ≤ 3.3.4 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 1 repository

  • SnailSploit/CVE-2025-12030 ★ 1 · Jan 6, 2026

    ACF to REST API WordPress Plugin IDOR Vulnerability (CVE-2025-12030) - Security flaw allowing authenticated users with Contributor-level access to modify ACF fields on objects they do not own.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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