CVE · High

CVE-2019-15323 — Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.4.20

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2019-15323 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.4.20 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') High 7.5 < 2.4.20 2.4.20 2019-07-12

CVE-2019-15323

The Ad Inserter plugin before version 2.4.20 contains a vulnerability that allows users with subscriber-level access and above to exploit a nonce-based security flaw by retrieving the nonce through a specific cookie when making requests, contrary to the original report that suggested only administrators were affected. This flaw enables attackers to perform unauthorized actions on the website by bypassing the intended access restrictions.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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