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Description

The WordPress plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) version 3.5.1 and below contains a remote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in core/actions/export.php. When the PHP configuration directive allow_url_include is enabled (default: Off), an unauthenticated attacker can exploit the acf_abspath POST parameter to include and execute arbitrary remote PHP code. This leads to remote code execution under the web server’s context, allowing full compromise of the host.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-05 | Published 2025-08-05 | Updated 2026-05-15 | Assigner VulnCheck




CRITICAL: 10.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Problem types

CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Credits

Charlie Eriksen finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23856 exploit

raw.githubusercontent.com/..._advanced_custom_fields_exec.rb exploit

raw.githubusercontent.com/..._advanced_custom_fields_exec.rb exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23856 exploit

web.archive.org/...26/http://secunia.com:80/advisories/51037 technical-description exploit

www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63326 third-party-advisory

www.wordfence.com/...ode-execution-via-remote-file-inclusion third-party-advisory

wpscan.com/...rability/d132d93b-509c-490d-8001-87147ed28c5e/ third-party-advisory

wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/ product

www.vulncheck.com/...ced-custom-fields-remote-file-inclusion third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2012-10025)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2012-10025)

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