Description
The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) WordPress plugin before 6.8.11 does not properly sanitize a stored field definition that can be modified through its comment handling, allowing unauthenticated users to inject a payload that is emitted as an HTML attribute name and executed as JavaScript in the browser of any visitor or administrator who views a page rendering the affected field.
Published: 2026-11-06
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) WordPress plugin before 6.8.11 does not properly sanitize a stored field definition that can be modified through its comment handling, allowing unauthenticated users to inject a payload that is emitted as an HTML attribute name and executed as JavaScript in the browser of any visitor or administrator who views a page rendering the affected field.
Title Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) < 6.8.11 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via HTML Attribute Name Injection
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-06T12:01:52.162Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T20:05:11.190Z

Link: CVE-2026-110813

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-06T06:16:39.717

Modified: 2026-11-06T13:17:23.790

Link: CVE-2026-110813

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-06T15:00:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')