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CVE-2026-1053

MEDIUM

4.4

Description

The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.4

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published1/28/2026

Last Modified1/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.php(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.php#L204(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.php#L249(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/partials/is-ajax-results.php#L148(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3444659%40add-search-to-menu&new=3444659%40add-search-to-menu&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cdc5ef6a-32d8-4c4b-b459-d9b543b56898?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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