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CVE-2023-40068 (GCVE-0-2023-40068)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-21 08:13 – Updated: 2024-10-04 17:57

Summary

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7 and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary script on the web browser of the user who is logging in to the product with the administrative privilege.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-04 17:57 UTC

CWE

Cross-site scripting (XSS)

Assigner

jpcert CNA under the jpcert root

CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 175 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-1-8/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN98946408/

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
WP Engine	Advanced Custom Fields	Affected: versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7	guessed
WP Engine	Advanced Custom Fields Pro	Affected: versions 6.1.0 to 6.1.7	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2023-40068

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-21 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:16

Severity

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

URL	Tags
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN98946408/	Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/	Product
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/	Product
vultures@jpcert.or.jp	https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-1-8/	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	advancedcustomfields	advanced_custom_fields	*
	advancedcustomfields	advanced_custom_fields	*

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GHSA-87X7-F7G8-6PX2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-21 09:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:04

Details

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


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

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GSD-2023-40068

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

Aliases

CVE-2023-40068

Aliases

CVE-2023-40068

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JVNDB-2023-000084

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2023-08-21 05:05 - Updated:2024-03-25 08:55

Severity

5.4 (Medium) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

WordPress Plugin "Advanced Custom Fields" vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Details

WordPress Plugin "Advanced Custom Fields" provided by WP Engine contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79). Ryotaro Imamura of SB Technology Corp. and Satoo Nakano reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN98946408/index.html
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40068
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40068
	Cross-site Scripting(CWE-79)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

WP Engine

Advanced Custom Fields

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