Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain WordPress contributor account
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ExploitSend crafted request to plugin endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactRead restricted field data
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 the Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin version 6.1.1 or earlier to be installed and active on a WordPress site. The CVSS vector (PR:L) confirms the attacker must hold at minimum a Contributor-level WordPress account on the target installation - anonymous unauthenticated access is insufficient. Sites that restrict contributor registration to trusted users significantly reduce external exposure. The impact is limited to confidentiality (C:L); no integrity or availability impact is possible based on the CVSS vector, meaning the attacker cannot modify data or disrupt service through this flaw alone. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) is consistent with the available signals: network reachable (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), low privilege required (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), unchanged scope (S:U), and only confidentiality impact at low severity (C:L/I:N/A:N). The real-world risk is limited by two significant factors: an attacker must already hold a Contributor-level (or higher) WordPress account on the target site, and the impact ceiling is low-level data read with no integrity or availability consequence. No EPSS score was provided in the input data, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. Neither a public POC nor a CISA KEV listing is present, suggesting this has not been broadly weaponized. For most sites, the practical threat is restricted to insider risk or sites with open user registration allowing contributor self-registration. The Patchstack report and EUVD listing confirm the vulnerability is real, but organizational priority should be moderate unless open registration exposes the contributor role to untrusted parties. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has registered or obtained a Contributor-level account on a WordPress site running the affected plugin sends a crafted network request to the plugin's unprotected endpoint, bypassing the missing authorization check to read confidential field data or invoke restricted functionality. Because no public proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis, active exploitation likely requires reverse-engineering the plugin code to identify the unguarded handler. The low attack complexity (AC:L) suggests that once the vulnerable endpoint is known, exploitation is straightforward. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 06, 2026
Broken access control in the Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 6.1.1) permits contributor-level authenticated users to perform privileged operations beyond their intended role. The CWE-862 root cause indicates the plugin fails to enforce proper authorization checks before executing certain functionality, allowing lower-privileged users to read data or invoke actions restricted to higher roles. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, but the network-accessible attack vector and low privilege requirement make this exploitable by any user with a contributor account on affected WordPress installations.
RemediationAI
Update the Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin to a version beyond 6.1.1 once a patched release is published by the vendor. No confirmed fixed version number was present in the available input data - the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/vulnerability/wordpress-advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome-field-plugin-6-1-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability should be monitored for a confirmed patch version. As an immediate compensating control, site administrators should audit whether open user registration allows untrusted parties to self-register as Contributors; if so, disabling open registration or requiring manual role approval eliminates the external attack surface entirely. Removing the plugin temporarily is a disruptive but effective workaround if contributor accounts are held by untrusted users and no patch is yet available. Note that restricting contributor capabilities site-wide may affect legitimate content workflows.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:justin_kruit:advanced_custom_fields:_font_awesome_field:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) extends the popular Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) framework for WordPress by adding a Font Awesome icon picker field type. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) describes a failure to verify that the authenticated user possesses sufficient permissions before granting access to a resource or operation - in the WordPress context this typically manifests as AJAX handlers or REST endpoints that check only for authentication (is_user_logged_in or nonce verification) without confirming the user's role or capability (e.g., missing current_user_can() checks). The CVSS vector AV:N/PR:L confirms exploitation occurs over the network by a user with low-privilege credentials, which in WordPress maps to the Contributor role - the lowest level that can create draft content.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Requires contributor-level WordPress account (PR:L); impact is read-only data exposure (C:L) with no integrity or availability consequence, consistent with a missing authorization check on a data-retrieval endpoint.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Contributor Broken Access Control in Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 6.1.1 versions.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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