CVE-2023-1420 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.11.1, Ajax Search Pro WordPress plugin before 4.26.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in a response of an AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

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

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00111.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp-dreams	Ajax Search

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wp-dreams:ajax_search:::::lite:wordpress::
	cpe:2.3:a:wp-dreams:ajax_search:::::pro:wordpress::

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9a54ee5-2b80-4f55-894c-1047030eea7f

History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wp-dreams Wp-dreams ajax Search
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:ajax_search_project:ajax_search:::::lite:wordpress:: cpe:2.3:a:ajax_search_project:ajax_search:::::pro:wordpress::	cpe:2.3:a:wp-dreams:ajax_search:::::lite:wordpress:: cpe:2.3:a:wp-dreams:ajax_search:::::pro:wordpress::
Vendors & Products	Ajax Search Project Ajax Search Project ajax Search	Wp-dreams Wp-dreams ajax Search

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-24T18:30:49.881Z

Updated: 2025-02-04T18:43:06.967Z

Reserved: 2023-03-15T16:23:23.134Z

Link: CVE-2023-1420

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:11.402Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-24T19:15:09.487

Modified: 2025-03-18T15:21:33.470

Link: CVE-2023-1420

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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