CVE-2012-10025
WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields <= 3.5.1 Remote File Inclusion
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
Description
The WordPress plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) version 3.5.1 and below contains a remote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in core/actions/export.php. When the PHP configuration directive allow_url_include is enabled (default: Off), an unauthenticated attacker can exploit the acf_abspath POST parameter to include and execute arbitrary remote PHP code. This leads to remote code execution under the web server’s context, allowing full compromise of the host.
Public exploit
3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_advanced_custom_fields_exec.rb (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23856 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- http://web.archive.org/web/20121223025326/http://secunia.com:80/advisories/51037 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
Published
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
Advanced Custom Fields · WordPress Plugin
- affected ≤ 3.5.1
References (8)
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_advanced_custom_fields_exec.rb (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23856 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- http://web.archive.org/web/20121223025326/http://secunia.com:80/advisories/51037 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploit
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields-351-remote-code-execution-via-remote-file-inclusion (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d132d93b-509c-490d-8001-87147ed28c5e/ (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/ (opens in a new tab)product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-advanced-custom-fields-remote-file-inclusion (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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