CVE-2023-1435 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Ajax Search Pro WordPress plugin before 4.26.2 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in pages, 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 [-]

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/0ca62908-4ef5-41e0-9223-f77ad2c333d7

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:::::pro: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 17:15:00 +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: 2023-04-24T18:30:59.063Z

Updated: 2025-02-04T16:15:44.566Z

Reserved: 2023-03-16T16:52:15.926Z

Link: CVE-2023-1435

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:11.430Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-24T19:15:09.560

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

Link: CVE-2023-1435

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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