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CVE-2026-116624: The Advanced Members for ACF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 via the `acf[_amem_local_use

CVE-2026-116624 Nov 6, 2026 Source: Vendor

The Advanced Members for ACF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 via the `acf[_amem_local_user_password]` parameter of the `[advanced-members-account-password]` shortcode form submission. This is due to a PHP operator-precedence bug in the `pre_update_value` function of `acf/fields/class-user-password.php` that assigns boolean `true` instead of the resolved user ID to `$user_id`, causing the `_can_edit()` authorization check to p

Source of record The credited names below are quoted verbatim from the vendor's own advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116624

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Credited as Michael Adeyanju