cve-2023-1420
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-04-24 18:30
Modified
2024-08-02 05:49
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.11.1, Ajax Search Pro WordPress plugin before 4.26.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in a response of an AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact@wpscan.com | https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9a54ee5-2b80-4f55-894c-1047030eea7f | Exploit, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9a54ee5-2b80-4f55-894c-1047030eea7f | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▼ | Unknown | Ajax Search Lite |
Version: 0 < 4.11.1 |
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