Ad Inserter < 2.7.11 — Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution
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Affected: <2.7.11Update to 2.7.11 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- 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
- Affected< 2.7.11
- Patched in2.7.11
Update to 2.7.11 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 2.7.11. Version 2.7.11 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
- Update to version 2.7.11, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- 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 Viktor Markopoulos.
The Ad Inserter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions before 2.7.11 via the settings.php file. This allows authenticated attackers with admin-level privileges to execute code on the server as well as perform stored cross-site scripting attacks.
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
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All 29| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 's' Search Parameter ≤2.8.19Update to 2.8.20 | CVE-2026-102905 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.8.19Update to 2.8.20 | CVE-2026-105077 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19 | CVE-2026-118094 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19 | CVE-2026-114709 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19 | CVE-2026-114194 |
- Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 's' Search Parameter
≤2.8.19Update to 2.8.20
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.19Update to 2.8.20
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.18Update to 2.8.19
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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.