CVE-2025-27296
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in revenueflex Auto Ad Inserter – Increase Google Adsense and Ad Manager Revenue revenueflex-easy-ads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Auto Ad Inserter – Increase Google Adsense and Ad Manager Revenue: from n/a through <= 1.5.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing authorization (broken access control) vulnerability in the revenueflex Auto Ad Inserter WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized actions due to missing capability checks or improper privilege validation.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify if the revenueflex Auto Ad Inserter plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and search for 'revenueflex Auto Ad Inserter' or 'revenueflex'. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder containing 'revenueflex' or 'auto-ad-inserter'.Affected if The plugin is found in the installed plugins list or file system.
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, click on the plugin from the plugins list to view details, or open the main plugin PHP file (e.g., revenueflex-auto-ad-inserter.php) and locate the 'Version' header in the plugin comments at the top of the file.Affected if The version displayed is at or below the affected version range (compare your version to the latest patched version once published).
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify the plugin shows as 'Active' rather than 'Inactive' or 'Must-Use'.Affected if The plugin is currently active on the WordPress site.
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Inspect admin access controls for the pluginUse a browser's developer tools or a WordPress user role editor to test whether lower-privileged users (e.g., Editor, Author, Subscriber) can access plugin settings or trigger actions that should require administrator capabilities. Check if the plugin settings page is accessible to non-administrators.Affected if Non-administrator users can access or modify plugin settings without proper capability checks.
You are affected if the revenueflex Auto Ad Inserter plugin is installed, active, and running a version lacking proper capability checks for sensitive operations.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to the latest patched version once available. Until then, restrict admin access, disable the plugin if not needed, and review user role capabilities. Implement proper nonce verification and capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) for all sensitive operations.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-27296 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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