CVE-2025-12030

Jan. 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.

4.3
Medium

Description

The ACF to REST API plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.4. This is due to insufficient capability checks in the update_item_permissions_check() method, which only verifies that the current user has the edit_posts capability without checking object-specific permissions (e.g., edit_post($id), edit_user($id), manage_options). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to modify ACF fields on posts they do not own, any user account, comments, taxonomy terms, and even the global options page via the /wp-json/acf/v3/{type}/{id} endpoints, granted they can authenticate to the site.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Wordpress
  • Acf To Rest Api
  • 3.3.4

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-639
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a wordpress acf_to_rest_api 3.3.4 / / / / / wordpress /

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-to-rest-api/tags/3.3.4/v3/lib/endpoints/class-acf-to-rest-api-controller.php#L108
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-to-rest-api/tags/3.3.4/v3/lib/endpoints/class-acf-to-rest-api-controller.php#L120
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ab508fa-298c-48c1-8510-f2e0a881675a?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-639
2026-01-07
CVE-2025-12030

CVSS Score

4.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 7, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.