What is CVE-2019-15324?

CVE-2019-15324 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ad Inserter Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-15324?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-15324 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Ad Inserter Project

CVE-2019-15324

The ad-inserter plugin before 2.4.22 for WordPress has remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ad Inserter Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9455 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/ (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15324?: CVE-2019-15324 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ad Inserter Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-15324?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15324 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.