Vulnerability in Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads — CVE-2026-89097
MediumSeverity
—Estimated exploit probability
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)
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.