High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-94262
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 0.9.2.7 - Unauthenticated Non-Administrator Account Takeover via Front-End User Update Action
New
8.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8, Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8 does not verify that the requester is authorised to edit the targeted user account in the update-user action of its front-end Forms module, performing that check only when the target account holds an administrator role, which allows unauthenticated visitors to overwrite any non-administrator account's credentials and obtain a session for that account. Exploitation requires the site to publish a form whose user-update action maps its target to a visitor-submitted value rather than to the default current user.
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)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended ·
0.9.2.7 before 0.9.2.8 · source: vendor
AC
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO ·
0.9.2.7 before 0.9.2.8 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94262
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94262
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3634e73f-df12-4d84-8bf6-c098efa0b191/
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