Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense <= 2.0.21 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
CVE-2026-54816Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.0.21Update to 2.0.22 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.3
- CVSS
- 8.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense advanced-ads
- Affected≤ 2.0.21
- Patched in2.0.22
Update to 2.0.22 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.21. Version 2.0.22 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.0.22, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nguyen Ba Khanh.
The Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense
All 11| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure ≤2.0.26Update to 2.0.27 | CVE-2026-94180 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.0.22Update to 2.0.23 | CVE-2026-10082 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Ad Placements Update ≤2.0.14Update to 2.0.15 | CVE-2025-12884 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection ≤2.0.15Update to 2.0.16 | CVE-2025-12984 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Editor+) Remote Code Execution via Shortcode ≤2.0.14Update to 2.0.15 | CVE-2025-13592 |
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
≤2.0.26Update to 2.0.27
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.0.22Update to 2.0.23
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Ad Placements Update
≤2.0.14Update to 2.0.15
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
≤2.0.15Update to 2.0.16
- High7.2Authenticated (Editor+) Remote Code Execution via Shortcode
≤2.0.14Update to 2.0.15
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.3
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
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- 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.