WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

ACF Recent Posts Widget <= 5.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The ACF Recent Posts Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 5.9.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-08-30 (about 7 months ago)
Added
2025-10-29 (about 5 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-10-29 (about 5 months ago)

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