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CVE-2024-10568: The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.12.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting atta

medium Affects ajax-search (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.12.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting atta

Package
ajax-search (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.12.4
Fixed in
4.12.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.7
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (36.6th percentile)
Published
2024-12-12
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordajax-search (WordPress plugin) advisories

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