Vulnerability · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-1053Ivory Search <= 5.5.13 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_gcse' and 'nothing_found_text' Parameters
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting 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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| vinod-dalvi | Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin | 0 – through 5.5.13 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cdc5ef6a-32d8-4c4b-b459-d9b543b56898?source=cve
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.php#L204
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.php#L249
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/partials/is-ajax-results.php#L148
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3444659%40add-search-to-menu&new=3444659%40add-search-to-menu&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=