VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-20986
The advanced-custom-fields (aka Elliot Condon Advanced Custom Fields) plugin before 5.7.8 for WordPress has XSS by authors.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.95%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The advanced-custom-fields (aka Elliot Condon Advanced Custom Fields) plugin before 5.7.8 for WordPress has XSS by authors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.95% probability · 61th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- advancedcustomfields/advanced custom fields
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/#developersRelease Notes
- https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-5-7-8-release/
- https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/changelog/
- https://www2.deloitte.com/de/de/pages/risk/articles/wordpress-plugin-xss.html
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/#developersRelease Notes
- https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-5-7-8-release/
- https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/changelog/
- https://www2.deloitte.com/de/de/pages/risk/articles/wordpress-plugin-xss.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.