{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-94262", "assignerOrgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "WPScan", "dateReserved": "2026-09-21T09:05:51.783Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-23T06:00:20.666Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T06:00:20.666Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81", "shortName": "WPScan", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T06:00:20.666Z" }, "title": "Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 0.9.2.7 - Unauthenticated Non-Administrator Account Takeover via Front-End User Update Action", "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "description": "CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "affected": [ { "vendor": "Unknown", "product": "Advanced Custom Fields: Extended", "versions": [ { "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "version": "0.9.2.7", "lessThan": "0.9.2.8" } ], "defaultStatus": "unaffected" }, { "vendor": "Unknown", "product": "Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO", "versions": [ { "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "version": "0.9.2.7", "lessThan": "0.9.2.8" } ], "defaultStatus": "unaffected" } ], "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8, Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.8 does not verify that the requester is authorised to edit the targeted user account in the update-user action of its front-end Forms module, performing that check only when the target account holds an administrator role, which allows unauthenticated visitors to overwrite any non-administrator account's credentials and obtain a session for that account. Exploitation requires the site to publish a form whose user-update action maps its target to a visitor-submitted value rather than to the default current user." } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3634e73f-df12-4d84-8bf6-c098efa0b191/", "tags": [ "exploit", "vdb-entry", "technical-description" ] } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Karthik Ramakrishnan", "type": "finder" }, { "lang": "en", "value": "WPScan", "type": "coordinator" } ], "source": { "discovery": "EXTERNAL" }, "x_generator": { "engine": "WPScan CVE Generator" } } } }