CVE-2024-34761

Description

Vulnerability discovered by executing a planned security audit. Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in WPENGINE INC Advanced Custom Fields PRO allows Code Injection.This issue affects Advanced Custom Fields PRO: from n/a before 6.2.10.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): Patchstack
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 8.5 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Effective score: 8.5 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-94
Reserved: 2024-05-08
Published: 2024-06-10 17:34 UTC
Last updated: 2026-04-28 18:09 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2024/34xxx/CVE-2024-34761.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2024-34761 — Advanced Custom Fields Pro <= 6.2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Code Injection

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NVD published: 2024-06-10 16:15:13 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-06-17 07:34:01 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 8.5 / 10 HIGH source: audit@patchstack.com
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore: 1.8 / 10
Impact subscore: 6.0 / 10
EPSS score: 0.0043 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 34.37% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-06-30

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

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EUVD ID: EUVD-2024-35031
Assigner: Patchstack
Published: Jun 10, 2024, 3:34:32 PM
Updated: Apr 28, 2026, 4:09:50 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 8.5 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EUVD-reported EPSS: 0.6100
Vendors: WPENGINE INC
Products: Advanced Custom Fields Pro (n/a <6.2.10)

Advanced Custom Fields Pro (n/a <6.2.10)
Aliases: GHSA-qfhh-q5qc-jq7h

ENISA description: Vulnerability discovered by executing a planned security audit. Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in WPENGINE INC Advanced Custom Fields PRO allows Code Injection.This issue affects Advanced Custom Fields PRO: from n/a before 6.2.10.

EUVD references (1)

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/advanced-custom-fields-pro/wordpress-advanced-custom-fields-pro-plugin-6-2-10-contributor-arbitrary-function-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
WPENGINE INC	Advanced Custom Fields PRO	`n/a` (affected)	—

Vendor references (1)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/advanced-custom-fields-pro/wordpress-advanced-custom-fields-pro-plugin-6-2-10-contributor-arbitrary-function-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve vdb-entry

MITRE references (1) cveawg.mitre.org

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https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/advanced-custom-fields-pro/wordpress-advanced-custom-fields-pro-plugin-6-2-10-contributor-arbitrary-function-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve vdb-entry

Web references (5)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-34761 rapid7:attackerkb.com
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-35031 rapid7:euvd.enisa.europa.eu
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34761 rapid7:www.cve.org
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2923afdd-36b7-4181-aade-d757a70a06c0?source=api-prod rapid7:www.wordfence.com

NVD-tagged references (2)

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Indicators (2)

IOCs linked to the auto-promoted Threat row.

Type	Value	VirusTotal	Attached
domain	`injection.this`	no local data	2026-05-18 21:19 UTC
cve	`CVE-2024-34761`	no local data	2026-06-06 14:33 UTC

Remediations (16)

Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.

Wordfence remediation: Advanced Custom Fields Pro

Wordfence

Update to version 6.2.10, or a newer patched version

2026-06-06 14:33 UTC
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2026-05-22 03:32 UTC

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