Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads vulnerabilities

Plugin slug ad-inserter · 29 known vulnerabilities · latest disclosed 2026-10-30 · WordPress.org page

Every listed vulnerability has a fix. Version 2.8.20 or later is not affected by any of them. If your site runs an older version, update it.

7 of 29 rated high or critical (CVSS 7 or more).

Known vulnerabilities in Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads

SeverityAffected versionsFixed inCVEPublishedDetails
Medium 6.5<= 2.8.192.8.20CVE-2026-1029052026-10-30Advisory
High 7.2<= 2.8.192.8.20CVE-2026-1050772026-10-30Advisory
Medium 6.4<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-1180942026-10-29Advisory
Medium 6.1<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-1147092026-10-26Advisory
Medium 6.1<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-1141942026-10-22Advisory
Medium 4.3<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-890972026-10-12Advisory
Medium 6.4<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-1078642026-10-12Advisory
Medium 6.1<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-894272026-09-30Advisory
Medium 6.1<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-199022026-09-30Advisory
Medium 6.42.8.12 to 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-816552026-09-25Advisory
High 7.2<= 2.8.182.8.19CVE-2026-970772026-09-24Advisory
Medium 5.3<= 2.8.162.8.17CVE-2026-119842026-09-15Advisory
Medium 5.3<= 2.8.162.8.17CVE-2026-119832026-08-05Advisory
Medium 6.4<= 2.8.112.8.12CVE-2026-576932026-07-08Advisory
Medium 4.3<= 2.8.162.8.17CVE-2026-119002026-07-02Advisory
Medium 6.1<= 2.8.152.8.16CVE-2026-92802026-06-05Advisory
Medium 6.4<= 2.8.72.8.8CVE-2025-117452025-11-04Advisory
Medium 6.1<= 2.8.02.8.1CVE-2025-226232025-03-05Advisory
Medium 6.1<= 2.7.372.7.38CVE-2024-492482024-10-14Advisory
Medium 5.3<= 2.7.302.7.31CVE-2023-46452023-09-22Advisory
Medium 5.3<= 2.7.302.7.31CVE-2023-46682023-09-22Advisory
High 7.2<= 2.7.252.7.26CVE-2023-15492023-04-19Advisory
Medium 6.1< 2.7.122.7.12CVE-2022-09012022-04-07Advisory
High 7.2< 2.7.112.7.11none2022-02-03Advisory
Medium 6.1< 2.7.102.7.10CVE-2022-02882022-01-24Advisory
High 8.8<= 2.4.212.4.22CVE-2019-153242019-07-15Advisory
High 7.5<= 2.4.192.4.20CVE-2019-153232019-07-12Advisory
Medium 4.8<= 1.5.51.5.6none2015-08-13Advisory
High 8.8< 1.5.31.5.3CVE-2015-94972015-05-02Advisory

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Is the Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads plugin safe to use?

All 29 known issues are fixed in current versions (2.8.20 or later). Keeping it updated is what matters.

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