{"id":"CVE-2026-81655","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-81655","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:59:02.863Z","title":"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,…","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.","published":"2026-09-27T06:16:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-28T16:38:59.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00253,"percentile":0.16673,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-27","score":0.00152,"percentile":0.03682}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-09-28T04:30:09.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"7.5","severity":"HIGH","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 7.5 HIGH."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-27T06:16:58.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-27T06:16:58.003Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b189ce9a-a930-41e6-bdd1-fdcc3bfb66be/","source":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81655","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}