Stored cross-site scripting in WordPress Ad Inserter plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Igor Funa's Ad Inserter plugin for WordPress, through version 2.8.18, does not neutralize input during web page generation, which allows stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An attacker with low privileges can store script that runs in other users' browsers when a user interacts with the affected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Igor Funa Ad Inserter ad-inserter allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Ad Inserter: from n/a through 2.8.18.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Ad Inserter.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107864
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-39qx-x9h5-r974
- 2026-10-12 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-12 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
More Igor Funa vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04281 Ad Inserter <= 2.7.30 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via ai_ajax CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-82395 Stored cross-site scripting in WordPress Ad Inserter plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-80316 Reflected cross-site scripting in WordPress Ad Inserter plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-80068 Ad Inserter WordPress plugin cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-107864 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107864 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-39qx-x9h5-r974 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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