WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Advanced Custom Fields < 5.8.12 - Cross-Site Scripting in Select2 dropdowns

Description

The plugin did not correctly escape input from Select2 dropdowns, which could lead to Cross-Site Scripting issues

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
advanced-custom-fields
Fixed in 5.8.12

References

CVE
CVE-2020-36172

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
4.4 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Verified
No
WPVDB ID
daa26c20-4295-40a3-b06f-62b22a635083

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-01-06 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2021-01-06 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-01-09 (about 3 years ago)

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