CVE-2012-5853

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-01-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the "the_search_function" function in cardoza_ajax_search.php in the AJAX Post Search (cardoza-ajax-search) plugin before 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the srch_txt parameter in a "the_search_text" action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Affected products

Vinojcardoza Ajax Post Search: before 1.3 — fixed in 1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Vinojcardoza Ajax Post Search 1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/

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