Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-6835Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity information exposure in Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin from vinod-dalvi. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.6 via the ajax_load_posts function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract text data from password-protected posts using the boolean-based attack on the AJAX search form
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| vinod-dalvi | Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin | 0 – through 5.5.6 |
Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/013f7c26-8348-4c54-af61-473a720a5095?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.6/public/class-is-ajax.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.6/public/partials/is-ajax-results.php#L57
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3145289/