Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-0780SearchIQ < 3.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SearchIQ – The Search Solution from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The SearchIQ WordPress plugin before 3.9 contains a flag to disable the verification of CSRF nonces, granting unauthenticated attackers access to the siq_ajax AJAX action and allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in the customCss parameter
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | SearchIQ – The Search Solution | 3.9 – before 3.9 |
Weakness: CWE-79