---
id: "CVE-2026-97192"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-97192"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-97192"]
title: "Secure Custom Fields WordPress plugin: contributors can write admin-only fields"
severity: "medium"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "secure-custom-fields", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["no-contributor-users", "plugin-not-installed", "version-6.9.8-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-08T06:17:06+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-08T06:46:22+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-08T06:47:07+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97192", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-08T06:46:22+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Secure Custom Fields WordPress plugin: contributors can write admin-only fields

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-97192 (this .md is for agents)

The Secure Custom Fields plugin for WordPress skips its field-group location rules when saving values from the post editor. A contributor-level user can therefore write custom fields that the site limited to administrators onto their own posts.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Secure Custom Fields version in the WordPress plugins screen or `wp plugin get secure-custom-fields --field=version`

## Fix

- Secure Custom Fields: move to `6.9.8` or later, as the description states the flaw exists before 6.9.8

## Timeline

- 2026-11-08T06:46:22+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97192

## From the sources

The Secure Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 6.9.8 does not re-apply its field-group location rules when persisting values submitted through the post editor save path, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to write custom fields the site restricted to administrators onto their own posts.

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