The The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.2.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

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Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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Wed, 13 May 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.2.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Title Advanced Custom Fields: Extended <= 0.9.2.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T00:17:55.890Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T13:03:31.231Z

Link: CVE-2025-15463

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T00:17:51.570Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-12T23:16:15.883

Modified: 2026-05-12T23:16:15.883

Link: CVE-2025-15463

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T09:45:09Z

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