Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads: known security problems
27 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
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In short
There are 27 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 2.8.20 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
Based on public reports. Check the plugin’s changelog. Watchfox AI may be wrong.
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A stranger could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.19
- Fixed in
- 2.8.20
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.20 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-102905
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.19 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 's' Search Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.18)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-114709
- Report title
- Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads <= 2.8.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.18) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-114194
- Report title
- Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads <= 2.8.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-89097
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Disclosure in 'ai-debug-processing-fe' & 'ai-debug-meta' URL Parameters
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.18)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-107864
- Report title
- Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads <= 2.8.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.18) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-89427
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Search Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.18) (4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-19902
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via {search-query} Dynamic Tag (Referer Header)
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 2.8.12 up to and including 2.8.18)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.8.12 up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-81655
- Report title
- Ad Inserter 2.8.12 - 2.8.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.18
- Fixed in
- 2.8.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-97077
- Report title
- Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads <= 2.8.18 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.16
- Fixed in
- 2.8.17
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.17 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11984
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.16 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Header/Footer Code Disclosure via 'ai-debug-code' Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.16
- Fixed in
- 2.8.17
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.17 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11983
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.16 - Missing Authorization to Block Visibility Bypass via ai_ajax
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.11)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.11
- Fixed in
- 2.8.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-57693
- Report title
- Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads <= 2.8.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.16
- Fixed in
- 2.8.17
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.17 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11900
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.16 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Content Disclosure via 'data' Shortcode Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.15)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.15
- Fixed in
- 2.8.16
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.16 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-9280
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.15 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL Parameters in iframe Mode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.7
- Fixed in
- 2.8.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-11745
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.8.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.8.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.8.0
- Fixed in
- 2.8.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.8.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-22623
- Report title
- Ad Inserter - Ad Manager and AdSense Ads <= 2.8.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.7.37)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.37
- Fixed in
- 2.7.38
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.7.38 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-49248
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.7.37 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could see private information they should not see (up to and including 2.7.30)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.30
- Fixed in
- 2.7.31
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.7.31 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-4645
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.7.30 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via ai_ajax
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could see private information they should not see (up to and including 2.7.30) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.30
- Fixed in
- 2.7.31
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.7.31 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-4668
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.7.30 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via ai-debug-processing-fe
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.25
- Fixed in
- 2.7.26
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.7.26 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-1549
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.7.25 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 2.7.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.7.12
- Fixed in
- 2.7.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.7.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-0901
- Report title
- Ad Inserter Free and Pro <= 2.7.11 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could run their own code on your site and take it over (before 2.7.11)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.7.11
- Fixed in
- 2.7.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.7.11 or newer.
- Report title
- Ad Inserter < 2.7.11 - Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 2.7.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.7.10
- Fixed in
- 2.7.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.7.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-0288
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could run their own code on your site and take it over (up to and including 2.4.21)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.21
- Fixed in
- 2.4.22
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.4.22 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2019-15324
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.4.21 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.19
- Fixed in
- 2.4.20
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 2.4.20 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2019-15323
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 2.4.19 - Authenticated Path Traversal
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.5.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.5.5
- Fixed in
- 1.5.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 1.5.6 or newer.
- Report title
- Ad Inserter <= 1.5.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.5.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.5.3
- Fixed in
- 1.5.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to version 1.5.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2015-9497
- Report title
- Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads < 1.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
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