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CVE-2024-6835: Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.6 via the ajax_load_posts function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract text data from password-protected posts using the boolean-based attack on the AJAX search form

Affected products

• vinod-dalvi Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin: before 5.5.7 — fixed in 5.5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vinod-dalvi Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin 5.5.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.6/public/class-is-ajax.php#L45
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.6/public/partials/is-ajax-results.php#L57
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3145289/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/013f7c26-8348-4c54-af61-473a720a5095?source=cve

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