CVE-2020-13700: An issue was discovered in the acf-to-rest-api plugin through 3.1.0 for WordPress. It allows an insecure direct object reference via permalinks manipulation, as demonstrated by a wp-json/acf/v3/option

high Affects acf-to-rest-api (WordPress plugin), airesvsg/acf-to-rest-api. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

An issue was discovered in the acf-to-rest-api plugin through 3.1.0 for WordPress. It allows an insecure direct object reference via permalinks manipulation, as demonstrated by a wp-json/acf/v3/option

Package
acf-to-rest-api (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=3.1.0
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 7.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 13% (96.4th percentile)
Published
2020-06-24
Source
nvd

References

acf-to-rest-api plugin insecure direct object reference (IDOR) via permalink manipulation

Package
airesvsg/acf-to-rest-api Composer
Affected versions
<=3.1.0
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 7.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 13% (96.4th percentile)
Published
2022-05-24
Source
osv.dev

References

CWE-200CWE-639
NVD recordacf-to-rest-api (WordPress plugin) advisoriesairesvsg/acf-to-rest-api advisories

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