SearchWP Live Ajax Search <= 1.6.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

5.3
Information Exposure
CVE CVE-2022-2535
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 25, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Angelo Delicato

Description

The SearchWP Live Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary post title disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.6.1. This is due to insufficient checking of a post status before displaying to a user. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view post titles even when they are not in a 'publish' state.

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Vulnerability Details for SearchWP Live Ajax Search

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug searchwp-live-ajax-search (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.1
Patched Version
  • 1.6.2

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