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CVE-2012-10025: WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields <= 3.5.1 Remote File Inclusion

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-98

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.

Affected products

• Advanced Custom Fields WordPress Plugin: through 3.5.1

References

• http://web.archive.org/web/20121223025326/http://secunia.com:80/advisories/51037
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_advanced_custom_fields_exec.rb
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d132d93b-509c-490d-8001-87147ed28c5e/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23856
• https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63326
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-advanced-custom-fields-remote-file-inclusion
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields-351-remote-code-execution-via-remote-file-inclusion
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_advanced_custom_fields_exec.rb
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23856

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