CVE-2022-1695: The WP Simple Adsense Insertion WordPress plugin before 2.1 does not perform CSRF checks on updates to its admin page, allowing an attacker to trick a logged in user to manipulate ads and inject arbit

medium Affects wp-simple-adsense-insertion (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The WP Simple Adsense Insertion WordPress plugin before 2.1 does not perform CSRF checks on updates to its admin page, allowing an attacker to trick a logged in user to manipulate ads and inject arbit

Package
wp-simple-adsense-insertion (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.1
Fixed in
2.1
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (37.7th percentile)
Published
2022-06-08
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352
NVD recordwp-simple-adsense-insertion (WordPress plugin) advisories

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