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Ad Inserter <= 2.4.21 — Authenticated Remote Code Execution

CVE-2019-15324Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.4.21Update to 2.4.22 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads ad-inserter

  1. Affected≤ 2.4.21
  2. Patched in2.4.22

Update to 2.4.22 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.4.21. Version 2.4.22 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.4.22, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sean Murphy.

The ad-inserter plugin before 2.4.22 for WordPress has remote code execution.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 's' Search Parameter
≤2.8.19Update to 2.8.20
CVE-2026-102905
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.19Update to 2.8.20
CVE-2026-105077
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19
CVE-2026-118094
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19
CVE-2026-114709
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19
CVE-2026-114194

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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