{"id":"CVE-2026-94262","title":"Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 0.9.2.7 - Unauthenticated Non-Administrator Account Takeover via Front-End User Update Action","summary":"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-u…","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"adp","cwe":["CWE-863"],"product":"Advanced Custom Fields: Extended","affected":["advanced_custom_fields_extended >= 0.9.2.7 < 0.9.2.8","advanced_custom_fields_extended_pro >= 0.9.2.7 < 0.9.2.8"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-23T10:36:14.173610Z"},"published":"2026-10-23","updated":"2026-10-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-23T10:46:03.079Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94262","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3634e73f-df12-4d84-8bf6-c098efa0b191/"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-23T06:17:25.170Z","slug":"CVE-2026-94262","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `advanced_custom_fields_extended >= 0.9.2.7 < 0.9.2.8`\n- `advanced_custom_fields_extended_pro >= 0.9.2.7 < 0.9.2.8`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":228027,"id":"CVE-2026-94262","ts":1792754650438,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"8.1"},{"seq":228026,"id":"CVE-2026-94262","ts":1792754650438,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}