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.
History

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Vinod-dalvi
Vinod-dalvi ivory Search – Wordpress Search Plugin
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Vinod-dalvi ivory Search – Wordpress Search Plugin
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Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Ivory Search <= 5.5.13 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_gcse' and 'nothing_found_text' Parameters
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-01-28T08:26:55.731Z

Updated: 2026-01-28T16:09:19.903Z

Reserved: 2026-01-16T16:57:13.383Z

Link: CVE-2026-1053

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-28T16:09:11.757Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-28T09:15:48.980

Modified: 2026-01-28T09:15:48.980

Link: CVE-2026-1053

cve-icon Redhat

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