CVE detail
CVE-2025-14533
The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.2.1. This is due to the 'insert_user' function not restricting the roles with which a user can register. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited if 'role' is mapped to the custom field.
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Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 11.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d44f8af2-3525-4b00-afa8-a908250cc838?source=cvewww.wordfence.com
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Patchwww.wordfence.comJan 20, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-extended/tags/0.9.2.2/includes/modules/form/module-form-action-user.php#L356plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJan 20, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-extended/tags/0.9.2.2/includes/fields/field-user-roles.php#L437plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJan 20, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-extended/tags/0.9.2.1/includes/modules/form/module-form-action-user.php#L636plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJan 20, 2026, 10:16 AM On December 10th, 2025, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000+ active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to grant themselves administrative privileges by updating the user role on a user action form where a role can be selected.
vendorwww.wordfence.comJan 19, 2026, 9:23 PM
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