CVE-2020-36172 — Cross-site Scripting in Advanced Custom Fields

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Advancedcustomfields Advanced Custom Fields
Timeline
PublishedJan 6
Latest updateMay 24

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5.8.12 for WordPress mishandles the escaping of strings in Select2 dropdowns, potentially leading to XSS.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cwwf-85g3-pxwf: The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-36172: The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5↗2021-01-06
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CVE-2020-36172 — Cross-site Scripting | cvebase