CVE-2022-2594
Advanced Custom Fields 5.0-5.12.2 - Unauthenticated File Upload
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The Advanced Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 5.12.3, Advanced Custom Fields Pro WordPress plugin before 5.12.3 allows unauthenticated users to upload files allowed in a default WP configuration (so PHP is not possible) if there is a frontend form available. This vulnerability was introduced in the 5.0 rewrite and did not exist prior to that release.
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 5.0 – < 5.0*
- affected 5.12.3 – < 5.12.3
TODO · Advanced Custom Fields Pro
- affected 5.0 – < 5.0*
- affected 5.12.3 – < 5.12.3
References (2)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3fde5336-552c-4861-8b4d-89a16735c0e2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.pritect.net/blog/advanced-custom-fields-5-12-3-can-allow-unauthenticated-users-to-upload-arbitrary-files (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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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