CVE-2022-38456 (GCVE-0-2022-38456)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-15 14:46
Modified
2025-01-13 15:51
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Summary
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Ernest Marcinko Ajax Search Lite plugin <= 4.10.3 versions.
References
audit@patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ajax-search-lite/wordpress-ajax-search-lite-plugin-4-10-3-auth-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ajax-search-lite/wordpress-ajax-search-lite-plugin-4-10-3-auth-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
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