{"cve":"CVE-2026-12242","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-24T13:16:31.447","modified":"2026-06-25T13:26:11.740","status":"Deferred","description":"The AdRotate Banner Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.17.7 via the 'banner' attribute of the adrotate shortcode. This is due to insufficient input validation and sanitization of the banner shortcode attribute before concatenation into a PHP code string wrapped in W3 Total Cache mfunc or Borlabs Cache fragment markers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. This vulnerability requires W3 Total Cache or Borlabs Cache support to be enabled in AdRotate settings.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.4/adrotate-output.php#L265","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.4/adrotate-output.php#L276","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.4/adrotate-output.php#L288","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.5/adrotate-output.php#L265","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.5/adrotate-output.php#L276"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:41:17.107060303+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-12242","score":0.00856,"percentile":0.58392,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}