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Remote Code Execution in Revive Adserver delivery limitations

IdentifiersCVE-2026-34916CWE-94

CVE-2026-34916 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Revive Adserver 6.0.6 and earlier. The flaw is caused by missing validation of user input when saving delivery limitations. A low-privileged user can abuse the logical parameter to inject malicious PHP code into the compiledlimitations field stored in the database. That injected PHP is later executed during banner delivery, resulting in server-side code execution within the context of the ad server. The issue stems from insufficient sanitization and validation of attacker-controlled input before it is persisted and subsequently interpreted as executable PHP.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows a low-privileged authenticated user to achieve arbitrary PHP code execution on the Revive Adserver instance during banner delivery. Given the stated CVSS impacts and the nature of PHP execution on the server, this can lead to full compromise of the application, unauthorized access to sensitive advertising and user data, modification of application state and content, deployment of persistent backdoors, and disruption of service availability.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, restrict access for low-privileged users who can save or modify delivery limitations, reduce ad-operations and administrative permissions to the minimum necessary, and closely monitor for unauthorized changes to delivery limitation data and the compiledlimitations field. Additional temporary risk reduction includes limiting access to the management interface, auditing low-privileged accounts, and monitoring banner delivery behavior and server-side PHP execution for signs of injected logic. No complete workaround is provided in the supplied content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Revive Adserver to version 6.0.7 or later, or another vendor release that includes the fix. The vendor indicates that input sanitisation was improved so the affected parameter is properly validated. Remediation should include deploying the patched version, verifying that delivery limitation handling no longer permits unsafe values in the logical parameter, and reviewing the compiledlimitations field and related banner-delivery logic for malicious entries that may have been inserted prior to patching.
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Revive-AdserverRevive Adserverapplication

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