CVE-2026-17580 Missing authorization in Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver…
Authenticated subscribers can access sensitive admin-authored editor content via unprotected REST endpoints in the Advanced Views WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-17580?
CVE-2026-17580 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplakeorg Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver…, published on 1 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver… plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.1 via the register_rest_routes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive admin-authored editor content — including template markup, CSS code, JavaScript code, and PHP controller variables — for any Layout or Post Selection post on the site.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17580?
How do I fix CVE-2026-17580?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17580 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-17580 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17580 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wfv8-4fgp-fr6r.