CVE-2020-36172

Medium

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5.8.12 for WordPress mishandles the escaping of strings in Select2 dropdowns, potentially leading to XSS.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductAdvancedcustomfields Advanced Custom Fields
PublishedJan 6, 2021
First seenJan 6, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • advancedcustomfields advanced_custom_fields5.8.12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
advancedcustomfields advanced_custom_fieldsv < 5.8.125.8.12

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