CVE-2026-80467 Privilege escalation in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended
Unauthenticated attackers can register with elevated roles and escalate to administrator due to insufficient role validation in the plugin.
- 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-2026-80467?
CVE-2026-80467 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Advanced Custom Fields: Extended, published on 2 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin before 0.9.2.7 does not restrict the role submitted through its front-end user forms to the roles the form actually offers, and its safeguard against privileged roles is incomplete, allowing unauthenticated visitors to register an account with elevated capabilities and then escalate it to administrator.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-80467?
How do I fix CVE-2026-80467?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-80467 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-80467 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80467 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hp9v-f4wf-r363.