CVE-2026-11983

Published: Aug 6, 2026Modified: Aug 12, 2026Deferred

5.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (3)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3567905

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583409

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5715acd-62e6-4cd8-8fe8-4b1412f287c9?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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