CVE-2020-36172: The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5.8.12 for WordPress mishandles the escaping of strings in Select2 dropdowns, potentially leading to XSS.

PriorityP424medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EPSS

0.90%

55.0th percentile

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

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
advancedcustomfields	advanced_custom_fields	< 5.8.12	5.8.12

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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