CVE-2026-97191

Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) WordPress plugin before 6.8.11 does not re-apply its field-group location rules when persisting values submitted through the post editor save path, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to write custom fields the site restricted to administrators onto their own posts.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-11-07 06:16:59.737000

Last modified

2026-11-07 06:16:59.737000

View original CVE JSON

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97191",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-07T06:16:59.737",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-07T06:16:59.737",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) WordPress plugin before 6.8.11 does not re-apply its field-group location rules when persisting values submitted through the post editor save path, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to write custom fields the site restricted to administrators onto their own posts."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "product": "Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "6.8.11",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3eb847d4-6649-4f71-8dc7-e739a6317409/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}