CVE-2025-12884 Missing authorization in Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense
Authenticated subscribers can modify ad placements due to missing authorization checks in the Advanced Ads WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12884?
CVE-2025-12884 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in monetizemore Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12884?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7pmr-78vh-45xj.