DS Ad Rotator Plugin up to 0.8 on WordPress Image Upload unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in DS Ad Rotator Plugin up to 0.8. Affected is an unknown function of the component Image Upload Handler. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-81402. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in DS Ad Rotator Plugin up to 0.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Image Upload Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The DS Ad Rotator WordPress plugin through 0.8 does not perform any capability check, nonce verification, or file-type validation on its image upload handler, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including PHP, to a web-accessible directory, which can lead to remote code execution.

The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-81402 since 08/26/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/12/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-76784). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• DS Ad Rotator Plugin

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8

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