CVE-2023-40068
Advanced Custom Fields 6.1 - 6.1.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
4.4
CVSS Score
4.4
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
6.1.8
Patched in
173d
Time to patch
Description
The Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ACF post type and taxonomy labels in versions 6.1 to 6.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
>=6.1 <=6.1.7PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginadvanced-custom-fields
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