CVE-2026-11983

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-08-06
Modified: 2026-08-12
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3567905
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583409
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5715acd-62e6-4cd8-8fe8-4b1412f287c9?source=cve

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