Unauthenticated admin access on a widely used WordPress plugin enabling full site takeover.
CVE-2025-14533
Unauthenticated admin access via ACF Extended (WordPress) <=0.9.2.1.
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.
Privilege escalation: unauthenticated user becomes WordPress admin, enabling full site compromise.
Immediate action required
- 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.