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GHSA-74Q3-73GR-QRVX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-06 12:31 – Updated: 2026-08-06 12:31

Details

The Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.16 due to a missing capability check in the ai_ajax function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the contents of ad blocks that an administrator has restricted to administrator-only visibility.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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    },
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CVE-2026-11983 (GCVE-0-2026-11983)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-06 11:29 – Updated: 2026-08-06 15:00

Title

Ad Inserter <= 2.8.16 - Missing Authorization to Block Visibility Bypass via ai_ajax

Summary

The Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.16 due to a missing capability check in the `ai_ajax` function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the contents of ad blocks that an administrator has restricted to administrator-only visibility.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583409
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3567905

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
spacetime	Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.8.16 (semver)

Credits

AlexHenry

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GHSA-74Q3-73GR-QRVX

CVE-2026-11983 (GCVE-0-2026-11983)

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