CVE-2026-97190

Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) WordPress plugin before 6.8.11 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the target object before writing to it during bidirectional relationship synchronization, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to add or remove a reference to their own object on arbitrary posts, users, or terms they cannot otherwise edit.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-11-07 06:16:59.617000

Last modified

2026-11-07 06:16:59.617000

View original CVE JSON

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97190",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-07T06:16:59.617",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-07T06:16:59.617",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) WordPress plugin before 6.8.11 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the target object before writing to it during bidirectional relationship synchronization, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to add or remove a reference to their own object on arbitrary posts, users, or terms they cannot otherwise edit."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "product": "Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "6.2.0",
              "lessThan": "6.8.11",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9e35af14-3981-4751-a08a-98431c1ac9cf/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}