CVE-2012-10025

WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields <= 3.5.1 Remote File Inclusion

10.0 CriticalPublic exploit

The WordPress plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) version 3.5.1 and below contains a remote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in core/actions/export.php. When the PHP configuration directive allow_url_include is enabled (default: Off), an unauthenticated attacker can exploit the acf_abspath POST parameter to include and execute arbitrary remote PHP code. This leads to remote code execution under the web server’s context, allowing full compromise of the host.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

2.14%Up 1.9 points since Aug 6, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 10.0

WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields <= 3.5.1 Remote File Inclusion

Record: CVE-2012-10025
CVSS 4.0: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2012-6571 10.0

Record: EUVD-2012-6571
CVSS 4.0: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h43p-j9xg-vxvr 10.0

The WordPress plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) version 3.5.1 and below contains a remote file...

Record: GHSA-h43p-j9xg-vxvr
CVSS 4.0: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 10.0

Record: CVE-2012-10025
CVSS 4.0: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	WordPress Plugin Advanced Custom Fields Remote File Inclusion	2012-11-14

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-10025 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Advanced Custom Fields Wordpress Plugin, published August 5, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.14%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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