Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection

8.8
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE CVE-2023-1196
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published April 3, 2023
Last Updated April 12, 2023
Researcher Nguyen Huu Do

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 6.0.7 via deserialization of untrusted input in custom field values. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions, and above to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain appears to be present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

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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 one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 5.12.5, 6.1.0
Affected Versions
  • <= 5.12.4
  • 6.0.0 - 6.0.7
Patched Versions
  • 5.12.5
  • 6.1.0

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