Missing authorization in ACF Frontend Admin allows option overwrites
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps WordPress plugin through 3.29.13 does not check capabilities on one of its form-submission actions. This missing authorization (CWE-862) lets submitted values be written into the site's global ACF options store. An unauthenticated remote attacker can overwrite site-wide option values through a public form. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps WordPress plugin through 3.29.13 does not perform a capability check on one of its form-submission actions before writing submitted values into the site's global ACF options store, allowing unauthenticated visitors to overwrite site-wide option values via a public form.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps | up to 3.29.13 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps VendorUnknown Affected up to 3.29.13 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81343
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-jjg3-qq29-rm7h
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-81343 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81343 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jjg3-qq29-rm7h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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