Ajax Search Lite <= 4.10.3 - Missing Authorization leading to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Disclosure

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-38456
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 6, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The Ajax Search Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization (leading to Sensitive Information Disclosure) in versions up to, and including, 4.10.3 via the 'searchCF' function. This can allow subscriber-level attackers to extract sensitive data including post metadata from an unprotected Ajax endpoint.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ajax-search-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.10.3
Patched Version
  • 4.11
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