FKIE_CVE-2023-40068

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-21 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:16
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7 and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary script on the web browser of the user who is logging in to the product with the administrative privilege.
References
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN98946408/Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/Product
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://www.advancedcustomfields.com/Product
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-1-8/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN98946408/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-1-8/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
advancedcustomfields advanced_custom_fields *
advancedcustomfields advanced_custom_fields *
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