CVE-2025-12884: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in monetizemore Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense
The Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.14. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the `placement_update_item()` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update ad placements, allowing them to change which ad or ad group a placement serves.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense WordPress plugin contains an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-284) in versions up to 2.0.14. Specifically, the placement_update_item() function fails to properly verify that a user is authorized to perform updates to ad placements. This allows authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher to modify ad placements, potentially altering the ads served on a site. The vulnerability is network exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, impacting integrity but not confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can modify ad placements within the plugin, potentially changing the ads displayed on the affected WordPress site. This impacts the integrity of ad delivery but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict subscriber-level user access where possible and monitor for unauthorized changes to ad placements. Avoid granting unnecessary privileges to low-level authenticated users.
CVE-2025-12884: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in monetizemore Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense
Description
The Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.14. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the `placement_update_item()` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update ad placements, allowing them to change which ad or ad group a placement serves.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense WordPress plugin contains an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-284) in versions up to 2.0.14. Specifically, the placement_update_item() function fails to properly verify that a user is authorized to perform updates to ad placements. This allows authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher to modify ad placements, potentially altering the ads served on a site. The vulnerability is network exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, impacting integrity but not confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can modify ad placements within the plugin, potentially changing the ads displayed on the affected WordPress site. This impacts the integrity of ad delivery but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict subscriber-level user access where possible and monitor for unauthorized changes to ad placements. Avoid granting unnecessary privileges to low-level authenticated users.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-11-07T17:16:20.954Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69968d656aea4a407a390134
Added to database: 2/19/2026, 4:11:17 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:26:11 AM
Last updated: 5/22/2026, 8:32:16 PM
Views: 71
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