Vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended — CVE-2026-2839

What to do now

Update Advanced Custom Fields: Extended to 0.9.2.8 or later.

Affected versions

• Everything up to and including 0.9.2.7

The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and triggering of server-side actions in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.2.7. This is due to multiple AJAX handlers registered for unauthenticated users (`wp_ajax_nopriv_*`) that fail to implement proper `current_user_can()` authorization checks. While these handlers use ACF's `acf_verify_ajax()` function to validate cryptographic nonces, the `acf_nonce` values are generated for guest users and publicly exposed in the page source of any frontend page utilizing an ACF form. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract the guest nonce and bypass WordPress visibility permissions, leading to the unauthorized disclosure of post titles and internal Flexible Content layout structures. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 0.9.2.4.

This description is reproduced verbatim from the public vulnerability record.

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9954ef37-bae0-48fb-9654-ff54750c46c2?source=api-prod

Part of this record comes from Wordfence Intelligence. Original: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9954ef37-bae0-48fb-9654-ff54750c46c2
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