# Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

> ACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `advanced-custom-fields`
- Author: WP Engine
- Version: 6.8.11
- Active installs: 2+ million
- Last update: 2026-11-02 (4 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 7.4
- Tags: acf, custom fields, fields, meta, repeater
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 4 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-05-31 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Modification via Front-End Form '_post_title' and '_post_content' Parameters (up to 6.8.1). CVE-2026-8382, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddb2290d-d4bd-4f70-9fe9-927f49721811?source=api-prod
- 2026-05-27 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 6.8.1). WF-b061facb-0411-4b81-adbd-b1419b7210df, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b061facb-0411-4b81-adbd-b1419b7210df?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-15 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post/Page Disclosure via AJAX Field Query Parameters (up to 6.7.0). CVE-2026-4812, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51e3a976-a1a3-411a-b88c-f1cb2aa8d5eb?source=api-prod
- 2025-08-08 MEDIUM: HTML Injection (up to 6.4.2). CVE-2025-54940, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f5a48ec-da62-4a9d-a8a5-30da7b6d23f6?source=api-prod
- 2024-10-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.3.6.2). WF-b3552de0-3e0b-4529-a757-a31c69a06122, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3552de0-3e0b-4529-a757-a31c69a06122?source=api-prod
- 2024-10-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.3.6, 6.3.7 to 6.3.7, 6.3.8 to 6.3.8). WF-b3552de0-3e0b-4529-a757-a31c69a06122-1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3552de0-3e0b-4529-a757-a31c69a06122?source=api-prod
- 2024-10-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Limited Arbitrary Function Call (up to 6.3.6.2). WF-afcbad6d-90ca-42cb-a69c-4e0bcc4606e0, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/afcbad6d-90ca-42cb-a69c-4e0bcc4606e0?source=api-prod
- 2024-10-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Limited Arbitrary Function Call (up to 6.3.6, 6.3.7 to 6.3.7, 6.3.8 to 6.3.8). WF-afcbad6d-90ca-42cb-a69c-4e0bcc4606e0-1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/afcbad6d-90ca-42cb-a69c-4e0bcc4606e0?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-04 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.3.5). WF-51178e18-ae8b-4a7f-974d-23346a8dbc52, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51178e18-ae8b-4a7f-974d-23346a8dbc52?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-20 MEDIUM:  (before 6.3). CVE-2024-4565, https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/430224c4-d6e3-4ca8-b1bc-b2229a9bcf12/
- 2024-05-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Custom Field Access (up to 6.2.10). WF-b93e9e84-1675-4128-a018-03833ff75943, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b93e9e84-1675-4128-a018-03833ff75943?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-17 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field (up to 6.2.4). CVE-2023-6701, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e3593dfd-7b2a-4d01-8af0-725b444dc81b?source=api-prod
- 2023-08-03 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (6.1 to 6.1.7). CVE-2023-40068, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f412bdb0-953d-4375-85c2-b87f3aa77d60?source=api-prod
- 2023-05-04 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_status' (5.8.10 to 5.12.5, 6.0.0 to 6.1.5). WF-e7ae8dcd-00b6-4afc-85bb-6697820bb37c, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e7ae8dcd-00b6-4afc-85bb-6697820bb37c?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-03 HIGH: Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection (up to 5.12.4, 6.0.0 to 6.0.7). CVE-2023-1196, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b13e1916-2a02-4a91-acf1-6e5d7c55bd57?source=api-prod
- 2022-10-18 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Disclosure (up to 6.0.2). CVE-2022-40696, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b26093a-ffb8-4d22-add1-eecd94f88129?source=api-prod
- 2022-10-03 MEDIUM: File Upload (up to 5.12.2). CVE-2022-2594, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5bab390-1590-44f2-8c65-bc329955ed84?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated Information Disclosure (before 5.12.1). WF-76cd5762-1ad4-4b76-8161-5a4ce4fc8118, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76cd5762-1ad4-4b76-8161-5a4ce4fc8118?source=api-prod
- 2021-12-02 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization on Option Changes (before 5.11). WF-878246f7-17c5-4ea0-a450-27244ace2717, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/878246f7-17c5-4ea0-a450-27244ace2717?source=api-prod
- 2021-12-02 HIGH: Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure (before 5.11). WF-c51889e4-9ca2-4c3f-addb-8285579324f6, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c51889e4-9ca2-4c3f-addb-8285579324f6?source=api-prod
- 2021-12-02 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure (before 5.11). WF-f1eb0852-00ef-489a-aa39-7d8603249deb, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1eb0852-00ef-489a-aa39-7d8603249deb?source=api-prod
- 2020-06-10 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (before 5.8.12). CVE-2020-36172, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70110d50-853d-4972-a5a0-b5c566ba7de6?source=api-prod
- 2019-02-15 MEDIUM: PHP Object Injection (up to 5.7.11). WF-5eab8a5d-8eb8-495f-a953-b468360cc5d5, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5eab8a5d-8eb8-495f-a953-b468360cc5d5?source=api-prod
- 2018-12-07 MEDIUM: Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 5.7.8). CVE-2018-20986, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36d37997-ac50-4d00-bc12-f3904483e15f?source=api-prod
- 2013-01-03 LOW: Remote Code Execution via Remote File Inclusion (up to 3.5.1). CVE-2012-10025, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3dfba044-42f8-44a2-be62-99af9d9094c3?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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