CVE-2026-97189Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) information exposure
CVE-2026-97189 is a information exposure in Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®), rated low (2.7 on CVSS 3.1).
Why this priority: Low severity, with no exploitation signal.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Deferred
What it is
The software reveals data to someone who should not see it.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, with an administrator account, and nobody has to click anything.
What an attacker gains
The direct impact is limited: partial access to data or a partial outage. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker learn data or internals that help a follow-up attack.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- Upgrade Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) to 6.8.11 or later.
- Until it is patched, review who holds accounts that can reach it.
Description from NVD
The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) WordPress plugin before 6.8.11 does not perform a read-permission check when it renders and formats the values of its relational fields, allowing users with post-editing access (Contributor and above) to disclose the titles and non-public statuses of other users' unpublished posts.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- WordPress sites and their plugins. Plugins run inside the site with its database access, and many sites are public.
- Error responses, logs and debug endpoints. The flaw sits between internal data and whoever can read the response or log.
- APIs that over-share. The flaw sits between internal data and whoever can read the response or log.
Trust boundaries in play
- Authenticated network access. An account is needed, so exposure follows who can sign in: customers, partners or staff.
- Between internal data and whoever can read the response or log. An attacker who crosses it can learn data or internals that help a follow-up attack.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
- Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.