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Vulnerability alerts / October 12, 2026

Vulnerability in Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads — CVE-2026-89097

MediumSeverity
CVSS 4.3
—Estimated exploit probability
EPSS
300,000+ sitesInstalls
2.8.19Fixed in

What to do now

Update Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads to 2.8.19 or later.

Affected versions

  • Everything up to and including 2.8.18

Affected: Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads (plugin, ad-inserter)

Check: The plugin on wordpress.org / Our record for Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads

What the vulnerability is

The Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.18 via the ai_wp_footer_hook. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the server's internal IP address, PHP configuration, WordPress and theme versions, hardening constants, the plugin's full block matrix, and all post meta values including underscore-prefixed protected keys such as API tokens and private integration state written by other plugins.

This description is reproduced verbatim from the public vulnerability record.

Sources

Part of this record comes from Wordfence Intelligence. Original: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/60ef9840-12c3-408a-b304-3eff2fe33bb4
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