CVE-2026-89427
Description
The Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Search Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Exploitation requires that a site administrator has configured at least one Ad Inserter block using the {title} or {short-title} placeholder with that block enabled for search pages, which is a standard, documented plugin feature.
Affected WordPress components
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Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads Plugin · ad-inserterUp to and including 2.8.18View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- spacetime Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads — Up to and including 2.8.18
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ad-inserter/tags/2.8.18/ad-inserter.php#L12903
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ad-inserter/tags/2.8.18/ad-inserter.php#L13012
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ad-inserter/tags/2.8.18/ad-inserter.php#L13081
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3709957/ad-inserter/trunk/ad-inserter.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3709970%40ad-inserter%2Ftags%2F2.8.19&old=3624916%40ad-inserter%2Ftags%2F2.8.18
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c01f98a4-c349-4cb2-b09a-5cbadfcad830?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record