Vulnerability Details: Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Advanced Custom Fields
The quality of vulnerability reports for WordPress plugins is often not great and a just released report on a vulnerability in the plugin Advanced Custom Fields is a great example. The only evidence presented in their report is what is claimed to be a proof of concept for the claimed vulnerability, though for a couple of reason it can’t be reused. The only textual information provided in it is about a different plugin entirely:
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