Ad Inserter: Sensitive information exposure

Ad Inserter is affected by sensitive information exposure. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Ad Inserter
Plugin slug: ad-inserter
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Oct 19, 2023
Weakness: CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Oct 19, 2023 and is one of 13 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Ad Inserter to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Ad Inserter for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.7.30 via the ai_ajax function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data such as post titles and slugs (including those of protected posts along with their passwords), usernames, available roles, the plugin license key provided the remote debugging option is enabled. In the default state it is disabled.

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

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

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources