Spacetime Ad Inserter Plugin up to 2.8.16 on WordPress ai_ajax authorization

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5.3$0-$5k2.29

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Spacetime Ad Inserter Plugin up to 2.8.16 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is the function ai_ajax. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-11983. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Spacetime Ad Inserter Plugin up to 2.8.16. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function ai_ajax. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 in the `ai_ajax` function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the contents of ad blocks that an administrator has restricted to administrator-only visibility.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-11983 since 06/11/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/06/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/11/2026 CVE reserved
08/06/2026 +56 days Advisory disclosed
08/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-11983 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-11983
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-386558

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2026 14:16
Changes: 08/06/2026 14:16 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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