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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-14533 EUVD-2026-3456GHSA-jm76-5g2j-p4hp

Advanced Custom Fields: Extended <= 0.9.2.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Insert User Form Action

Published Jan 20, 2026 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.2.1. This is due to the 'insert_user' function not restricting the roles with which a user can register. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited if 'role' is mapped to the custom field.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
hwk-fr Advanced Custom Fields: Extended ≤ 0.9.2.1 —

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