WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended < 0.9.2.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Description
The plugin is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to the 'insert_user' function not restricting the roles with which a user can register. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited if 'role' is mapped to the custom field.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
andrea bocchetti
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-01-19 (about 3 months ago)
Added
2026-01-20 (about 3 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-11 (about 2 days ago)