CVE detail

CVE-2020-36172 — CVE-2020-36172

Published 2021-01-06 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor advancedcustomfields · Product advanced_custom_fields · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

6.1

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0090

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

56.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin before 5.8.12 for WordPress mishandles the escaping of strings in Select2 dropdowns, potentially leading to XSS.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.