Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-0901Ad Inserter < 2.7.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.6% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.6%top 10.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Ad Inserter Free and Pro WordPress plugins before 2.7.12 do not sanitise and escape the REQUEST_URI before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in browsers which do not encode characters

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 2.7.12 – before 2.7.12
Unknown Ad Inserter Pro 2.7.12 – before 2.7.12

Weakness: CWE-79

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