CVE-2020-36172 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-36172

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5.8.12 for WordPress mishandles...

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

advancedcustomfields

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Affected Software

advanced custom fields
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 6th, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.