CVE-2024-3072 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-3072: ACF Front End Editor <= 2.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Content Update

Vendor Horiondigital

Product ACF Front End Editor

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published April 30, 2024

Last update April 8, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The ACF Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_texts() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary post title, content, and ACF data.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 30, 2024 CVE published

April 8, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3072 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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CVE-2024-3072: ACF Front End Editor <= 2.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Content Update

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