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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-4645
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published September 22, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ad-inserter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.30
Patched Version
  • 2.7.31
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