The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that the targeted search form has the 'Highlight Search Terms' option enabled by an administrator, and that the malicious search query returns at least one post result.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
vinod-dalvi Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 5.5.18

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.18/public/class-is-public.php#L114 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.18/public/class-is-public.php#L139 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.18/public/js/is-highlight.js#L23 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.19 cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c245eedf-e5ce-4ac2-ac59-e9cb1dc58449?source=cve cve-icon
History

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that the targeted search form has the 'Highlight Search Terms' option enabled by an administrator, and that the malicious search query returns at least one post result.
Title Ivory Search <= 5.5.18 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-03T02:25:35.894Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T20:10:29.826Z

Link: CVE-2026-92243

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