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.
Published: 2026-08-06
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Spacetime
Spacetime ad Inserter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Spacetime
Spacetime ad Inserter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Ad Inserter <= 2.8.16 - Missing Authorization to Block Visibility Bypass via ai_ajax
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Spacetime Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:00:43.027Z

Reserved: 2026-06-11T14:00:15.754Z

Link: CVE-2026-11983

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:00:37.825Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T14:15:13Z

Weaknesses