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Unauthenticated admin access on a widely used WordPress plugin enabling full site takeover.

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CVE-2025-14533

9.8
Critical
EPSS 1%Jan 20, 2026

Unauthenticated admin access via ACF Extended (WordPress) <=0.9.2.1.

common questions

Is CVE-2025-14533 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2025-14533 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2025-14533?

CVE-2025-14533 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.

Is there a patch for CVE-2025-14533?

Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-14533, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.

What does CVE-2025-14533 affect?

CVE-2025-14533 affects WordPress plugin: Advanced Custom Fields: Extended (<=0.9.2.1). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.

What should I do about CVE-2025-14533?

Upgrade to patched version or remove plugin

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
WordPress plugin: Advanced Custom Fields: Extended (<=0.9.2.1)
impact

Privilege escalation: unauthenticated user becomes WordPress admin, enabling full site compromise.

action required

Immediate action required

affected versions
hwk-fr Advanced Custom Fields: Extended
  • affected<= 0.9.2.1

As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.

how to fix
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