vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: ad-inserter: CVE-2023-1549: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 19, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Ad Inserter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.7.25 via deserialization of untrusted input from the $exported_settings variable when importing settings. This allows authenticated attackers, with administrative privileges, to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

Solution

ad-inserter-plugin-cve-2023-1549
Title
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