CVE-2023-1420 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Ajax Search Lite (before 4.11.1) and Ajax Search Pro (before 4.26.2) WordPress plugins. This flaw stems from improper sanitization and escaping of a parameter in an AJAX action response. Rated 6.1 MEDIUM on the CVSS scale, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could allow an unauthenticated attacker (AV:N, PR:N) to execute malicious scripts in the browser of a high-privilege user, such as an administrator, potentially leading to information disclosure (C:L) and integrity compromise (I:L). The attack complexity is low (AC:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-dreams:ajax_search:*:*:*:*:lite:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 4.26.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-dreams:ajax_search:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.