SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-81655

The Ad Inserter WordPress plugin before 2.8.19 does not correctly restrict access to one of its settings pages, making it reachable by every logged in user under a configuration its own settings allow, and does not filter the content saved there,…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.25%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Ad Inserter WordPress plugin before 2.8.19 does not correctly restrict access to one of its settings pages, making it reachable by every logged in user under a configuration its own settings allow, and does not filter the content saved there, allowing users with a role as low as subscriber to store code which is then executed as PHP or served unescaped to site visitors.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.25% probability · 17th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-94
Source
contact@wpscan.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 September 2026: 0.15%26 October 2026: 0.25%27 September 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.2% on 27 September 2026 to 0.3% on 26 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.