High severity · published Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-12526
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended < 0.9.2.7 - Unauthenticated Administrator Account Takeover via Front-End User Update Action
8.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.7 does not verify that the requester is authorized to edit the targeted user account in the update-user action of its front-end Forms module; it only checks a capability when the submitted role is administrator or super_admin. On a site that exposes a publicly reachable front-end form whose user-update action targets an existing administrator (a fixed target, or one mapped to a visitor-submitted field) and maps the password to a visitor-submitted field, an unauthenticated visitor can overwrite that administrator's password and take over the account. The default target is the submitting user, so exploitation depends on the form being configured to target another account.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended ·
before 0.9.2.7 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12526
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12526
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4a9eab6-3c10-402c-a635-3ae275b12c1d/
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