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CVE-2022-0780: SearchIQ < 3.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The SearchIQ WordPress plugin before 3.9 contains a flag to disable the verification of CSRF nonces, granting unauthenticated attackers access to the siq_ajax AJAX action and allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in the customCss parameter

Affected products

• SearchIQ: before 3.9 — fixed in 3.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SearchIQ 3.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0ee7d1a8-9782-4db5-b055-e732f2763825
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0ee7d1a8-9782-4db5-b055-e732f2763825

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