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GHSA-R29V-JF4C-HPXX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-11-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-11-06 12:30

Details

The Advanced Members for ACF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 via the acf[_amem_local_user_password] parameter of the [advanced-members-account-password] shortcode form submission. This is due to a PHP operator-precedence bug in the pre_update_value function of acf/fields/class-user-password.php that assigns boolean true instead of the resolved user ID to $user_id, causing the _can_edit() authorization check to pass for any logged-in user via PHP loose equality, and causing wp_update_user() to cast 'ID' => true to integer 1 — unconditionally targeting the primary administrator account. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the password of user ID 1 (the site's primary administrator) with an attacker-chosen value, granting full administrative access to the site. The intended exclusion guard in Account::process that strips the password field before saving is defeated because amem_save_all_fields() re-reads the full field list from amem()->submission and silently overwrites the caller-supplied excluded fields array with an empty array, ensuring the password field is always processed.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-116624 (GCVE-0-2026-116624)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-06 11:17 – Updated: 2026-11-06 15:16

Title

Advanced Members for ACF <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Change-Password Form

Summary

The Advanced Members for ACF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 via the `acf[_amem_local_user_password]` parameter of the `[advanced-members-account-password]` shortcode form submission. This is due to a PHP operator-precedence bug in the `pre_update_value` function of `acf/fields/class-user-password.php` that assigns boolean `true` instead of the resolved user ID to `$user_id`, causing the `_can_edit()` authorization check to pass for any logged-in user via PHP loose equality, and causing `wp_update_user()` to cast `'ID' => true` to integer `1` — unconditionally targeting the primary administrator account. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the password of user ID 1 (the site's primary administrator) with an attacker-chosen value, granting full administrative access to the site. The intended exclusion guard in `Account::process` that strips the password field before saving is defeated because `amem_save_all_fields()` re-reads the full field list from `amem()->submission` and silently overwrites the caller-supplied excluded fields array with an empty array, ensuring the password field is always processed.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-11-06 15:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2454 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanc…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanc…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanc…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanc…
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-member…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3779…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
danbilabs	Advanced Members for ACF	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.0 (semver)

Credits

Michael Adeyanju

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