The AdRotate Banner Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.17.7 via the 'banner' attribute of the adrotate shortcode. This is due to insufficient input validation and sanitization of the banner shortcode attribute before concatenation into a PHP code string wrapped in W3 Total Cache mfunc or Borlabs Cache fragment markers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. This vulnerability requires W3 Total Cache or Borlabs Cache support to be enabled in AdRotate settings.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.4/adrotate-output.php#L265 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.4/adrotate-output.php#L276 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.4/adrotate-output.php#L288 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.5/adrotate-output.php#L265 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.5/adrotate-output.php#L276 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/tags/5.17.5/adrotate-output.php#L288 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/trunk/adrotate-output.php#L265 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/trunk/adrotate-output.php#L276 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/adrotate/trunk/adrotate-output.php#L288 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3582562/ cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f29b905c-57cf-4fb8-b6af-eb0c367cd3e4?source=cve cve-icon
History

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description The AdRotate Banner Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.17.7 via the 'banner' attribute of the adrotate shortcode. This is due to insufficient input validation and sanitization of the banner shortcode attribute before concatenation into a PHP code string wrapped in W3 Total Cache mfunc or Borlabs Cache fragment markers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. This vulnerability requires W3 Total Cache or Borlabs Cache support to be enabled in AdRotate settings.
Title AdRotate Banner Manager <= 5.17.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Code Injection via 'banner' Shortcode Attribute
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-24T13:05:32.102Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T06:21:42.514Z

Link: CVE-2026-12242

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Updated: 2026-06-24T13:05:21.448Z

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Updated: 2026-06-24T15:30:17Z