Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin: A security weakness
Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin
- Plugin slug
add-search-to-menu- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 05, 2024
This CVE was published Sep 05, 2024 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N