CVE-2012-10025 WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields <= 3.5.1 Remote File Inclusion
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code via remote file inclusion if allow_url_include is enabled, compromising the web server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-10025?
CVE-2012-10025 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields WordPress Plugin, published on 5 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-98
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-10025?
How do I fix CVE-2012-10025?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-10025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2012-10025 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-10025 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h43p-j9xg-vxvr.