CVE-2023-6701 (GCVE-0-2023-6701)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-05 21:22 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:35
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Summary
The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a custom text field in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpengine Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Affected: * , ≤ 6.2.4 (semver)
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Credits
Francesco Carlucci
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