Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2026· Updated Sep 16, 2026

CVE-2026-11984

Description

The Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.16 due to a missing capability check on the ai-debug-code URL-parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view administrator-configured header and footer code blocks that have been disabled from public display.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

WordPress/Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Adsllm-fuzzy
Range: <=2.8.16
WordPress/AD Inserterllm-fuzzy
Range: <=2.8.16
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583409/ad-inserter/trunk/ad-inserter.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/95bc1aa4-f517-4921-99c4-f8fe071eafd9nvd

News mentions

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 14, 2026 to September 20, 2026)
Wordfence Blog · Sep 24, 2026

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