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@robwent I definitely see where you’re coming from. I think part of the issue is that we underestimated the number of folks that are using get_field()
to get values for fields that don’t technically exist or to get fields unrelated to ACF.
The other part of the issue is that this was part of a security fix, which we would typically prefer to hold off on disclosing until folks have had a chance to update. That said, we definitely could have done better at documenting this once we did release the update. We’ve since updated the docs for get_field()
to include some notes about this change, and updated the release post to point to those notes.
Regarding how this change improves security – the problem with get_field()
being able to get arbitrary values is that it opens up vulnerabilities with things like AJAX requests or form submissions where get_field()
might be manipulated by the request data.
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