Advanced Members for ACF <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Change-Password Form
CVSS score
8.8
EPSS probability
—
Risk score
0.9
Published
9 h ago
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Vulnerability description
DayBreach AI Explanation
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Short explanation
The Advanced Members for ACF plugin for WordPress up to version 1.3.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation via shortcode form submissions.
Attackers with subscriber-level access can overwrite the password of the primary administrator account, gaining full administrative control.
What should be done?
- Follow the vendor advisory and review available updates
- Apply the appropriate patch or update the plugin
Chain of evidence and sources
Advanced Members for ACF eklentisinin 1.3.0 ve önceki sürümleri, şifre formu gönderimi yoluyla ayrıcalık yükseltme zafiyetine açıktır.
Saldırganlar, Subscriber seviyesindeki erişimi kullanarak birincil yönetici hesabının şifresini değiştirebilir.
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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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-269
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IMPACT: Affected Products and Software
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-116624 vulnerability. Where our threat engine knows the exact affected versions, they are listed below.
| ID | VENDOR | PRODUCT | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | danbilabs | Advanced Members for ACF | View |
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SCORING: CVSS from Multiple Sources
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| SCORE | VERSION | SEVERITY | VECTOR | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | CVSS V3_1 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVE CNA |
| 8.8 | CVSS V31 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD |
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Public exploit and active exploitation status
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Weakness Classification and Attack Patterns (CWE & CAPEC)
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