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ACF Frontend Admin EUVDEUVD-2026-103258

| CVE-2026-81343 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-17 contact@wpscan.com GHSA-jjg3-qq29-rm7h
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wpscan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify site with vulnerable plugin
  2. Exploit
    Craft public form submission
  3. Execution
    Bypass missing capability check
  4. Impact
    Overwrite global ACF option values

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the target site runs ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps at version ≤3.29.13 AND that at least one of the plugin's form-submission actions is reachable through a publicly published front-end form (a form must be configured and exposed on the site). The limiting factor is therefore deployment-dependent: if no public ACF Frontend Admin form is published, the vulnerable action is not externally reachable. Where such a form exists, no authentication, privileges, or user interaction are required (consistent with PR:N/UI:N), and default-reachable forms are directly abusable by anonymous visitors.

Impact

The input provides a CVSS 3.1 vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (base 5.3, Medium), indicating a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw with no user interaction and an impact limited to integrity (I:L); confidentiality and availability are explicitly unaffected. This is consistent with CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the plugin omits a capability check before writing attacker-supplied values into WordPress's global ACF options store. No EPSS score, SSVC decision data, KEV listing, or POC indicator was supplied in the input, so exploitation probability and automatability cannot be quantified from the available signals - their absence is not evidence of low risk, merely missing data. The realistic risk is moderate: exploitation is trivial (public form, no auth) but the ceiling is bounded to integrity-only tampering of site options rather than full compromise, which is why the score sits at Medium rather than Critical. Note a labeling tension: the input Tags include 'Authentication Bypass,' but the CWE (862) and description describe a missing authorization / broken access control issue, not authentication bypass - verify categorization with the WPScan advisory. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker locates a WordPress site running ACF Frontend Admin (≤3.29.13) that exposes one of the plugin's public form-submission actions, then submits a crafted request mapping input values to site-wide ACF option keys. Because no capability check is performed, the submitted values are written directly into the global ACF options store, letting the attacker overwrite site configuration values remotely. No public exploit code is identified in the provided data, but the attack requires no authentication or user interaction.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 18, 2026

Unauthenticated visitors can overwrite site-wide ACF option values on WordPress sites running ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps through 3.29.13 when a publicly exposed form reaches one of the plugin's form-submission actions. The missing capability check means no login, privileges, or user interaction are required where such a form is published, but exposure is deployment-dependent because the vulnerable action must be reachable from a front-end form. The provided data contains no CISA KEV entry or public exploit code; impact is assessed as integrity-only at CVSS 5.3 Medium.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch was identified in the provided data at time of analysis. Update ACF Frontend Admin to a version later than 3.29.13 as soon as the vendor publishes one, and verify the fixed version through the WPScan entry https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1919eb80-195e-48ed-b58e-3cab4bb1d73d/ or the VulDB advisory https://vuldb.com/vuln/421564. Until a fixed release is confirmed, disable or remove the plugin; if that is not feasible, unpublish or disable public forms that use the plugin's form-submission actions, restrict access to those form pages to trusted roles, and add a site-level capability check before any ACF options write. Trade-offs: disabling the plugin breaks all front-end ACF forms, and restricting form access or adding authorization guards may break legitimate anonymous submissions; WAF rules targeting plugin submission endpoints can reduce exposure but are bypassable and may cause false positives.

Affected VersionsENISA

ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 0 ≤3.29.13

Affected Packages

euvd acf_frontend_admin_by_dynamiapps no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

ACF Frontend Admin is a WordPress plugin that lets sites expose Advanced Custom Fields forms and submission handling on the front end. The flaw is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: one form-submission action writes submitted values into the site's global ACF options store without first verifying that the requester has the capability to modify those options. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, the issue is remotely reachable at low complexity without authentication or user interaction, and the assessed impact is limited to integrity; confidentiality and availability are explicitly unaffected. The supplied tag describes authentication bypass, but the root cause is more precisely a missing authorization/capability check on an options-writing action. Exploitation requires at least one ACF Frontend Admin form to be configured and publicly published so the vulnerable submission action is externally reachable.

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Severity by source

Vendor (wpscan) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated public form submission over the network gives PR:N/UI:N/AV:N/AC:L; impact is limited to overwriting option values, so I:L with no confidentiality or availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).

CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 18, 2026 - 12:22 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Oct 17, 2026 - 06:16 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3
CVE Published
Oct 17, 2026 - 06:16 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps WordPress plugin through 3.29.13 does not perform a capability check on one of its form-submission actions before writing submitted values into the site's global ACF options store, allowing unauthenticated visitors to overwrite site-wide option values via a public form.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 98% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
specific third-party WordPress form plugin, not core ACF, modest install base
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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