High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-94268
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 0.9.2.7 - Unauthenticated 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 resolve the target of the update-user action in its front-end Forms module consistently between the stage that authorises the request and the stage that carries it out, which allows unauthenticated visitors to bypass the guard protecting administrator accounts, take over the site administrator's account and be issued a valid session for it. Exploitation requires the site to publish two separate front-end form configurations whose targets are mapped to visitor-submitted values.
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 25% 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
Affected product
AC
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended
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