SearchWP Live Ajax Search: A security weakness
SearchWP Live Ajax Search 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
- SearchWP Live Ajax Search
- Plugin slug
searchwp-live-ajax-search- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 15, 2022
This CVE was published Aug 15, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update SearchWP Live Ajax Search 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 SearchWP Live Ajax Search WordPress plugin before 1.6.2 does not ensure that users making a live search are limited to published posts only, allowing unauthenticated users to make a crafted query disclosing private/draft/pending post titles along with their permalink
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N