Advanced Custom Fields <= 3.5.1 - Remote Code Execution via Remote File Inclusion

3.8
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVE CVE-2012-10025
CVSS 3.8 (Low)
Publicly Published January 3, 2013
Last Updated August 22, 2025

Description

Advanced Custom Fields up to 3.5.1 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. The vulnerability allows for remote file inclusion and remote code execution via the export.php script. This exploit only works when the php option allow_url_include is set to On (Default Off).

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Vulnerability Details for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-custom-fields (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.5.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.1
Patched Version
  • 3.5.2

Recent vulnerabilities in Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) <= 6.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Modification via Front-End Form '_post_title' and '_post_content' Parameters CVE-2026-8382 5.3 Sarawut Poolkhet (MisterHelloz) May 30, 2026
2 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) <= 6.8.1 - Missing Authorization 5.3 Sarawut Poolkhet (MisterHelloz) May 27, 2026
3 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) <= 6.7.0 - Unauthenticated Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post/Page Disclosure via AJAX Field Query Parameters CVE-2026-4812 5.3 Fernando Mecozzi April 14, 2026
4 Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.4.2. - HTML Injection CVE-2025-54940 4.1 Shogo Kumamaru August 8, 2025
5 Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.3.8 & Secure Custom Fields <= 6.3.6.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-49593 4.4 Duc Luong Tran October 15, 2024
6 Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.3.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Limited Arbitrary Function Call CVE-2024-9529 5.1 Automattic October 7, 2024
7 Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.3.5 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-45429 5.5 Ryo Sotoyama September 4, 2024
8 Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.2.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Custom Field Access CVE-2024-4565 4.3 Scott Kingsley Clark, Francesco Carlucci May 30, 2024
9 Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field CVE-2023-6701 6.4 Francesco Carlucci January 17, 2024
10 Advanced Custom Fields 6.1 - 6.1.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-40068 4.4 Satoo Nakano, Ryotaro Imamura August 3, 2023

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