Ad Inserter <= 2.7.30 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via ai_ajax

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-4645
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 22, 2023
Last Updated October 19, 2023
Researcher Marco Wotschka - Wordfence

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ad-inserter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.7.31, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.30
Patched Version
  • 2.7.31

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