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CVE-2026-89427

MEDIUM 6.1

Ad Inserter <= 2.8.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Search Parameter

CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor spacetime
Product ad inserter – ad manager & adsense ads
Published Oct 1, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

spacetime / Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads
0 ≤ 2.8.18

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c01f98a4-c349-4cb2-b09a-5cbadfcad830?source=cve 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/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#L12903 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 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3709957/ad-inserter/trunk/ad-inserter.php

Credits

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