FKIE_CVE-2024-3233

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-02 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:43
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_create_index() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to trigger index creation.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3067568/add-search-to-menu/trunk/includes/class-is-index-manager.php
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc9935d8-7790-457b-88bf-bee5e13b0f5a?source=cve
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3067568/add-search-to-menu/trunk/includes/class-is-index-manager.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc9935d8-7790-457b-88bf-bee5e13b0f5a?source=cve
Impacted products
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