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WordPress Advanced Custom Fields Extended Plugin Vulnerability

An advisory was published about a vulnerability in the popular Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin that is rated 9.8, affecting up to 100,000 installations. The flaw enables ...
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WP Engine Accuses WordPress of 'Forcibly' Taking Over Its Plug-in

Organizations using WordPress plug-in Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) are in the middle of an ugly and very public dispute between WP Engine (WPE), the maker of the plug-in, and Matt Mullenweg, the ...
The Verge

WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin

WordPress.org has taken over a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announced today. This ...
Bleeping Computer

ACF plugin bug gives hackers admin on 50,000 WordPress sites

A critical-severity vulnerability in the Advanced Custom Fields: Extended (ACF Extended) plugin for WordPress can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers to obtain administrative ...