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CVE-2026-11356: Ivory Search <= 5.5.15 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_title' and 'menu_magnifier_color' Settings
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-06-27 · updated 2026-06-29
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_title' and 'menu_magnifier_color' Settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
- vinod-dalvi Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin: through 5.5.15
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/admin/class-is-settings-fields.php#L249
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/public/class-is-public.php#L1199
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/public/class-is-public.php#L222
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/public/class-is-public.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/admin/class-is-settings-fields.php#L249
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/public/class-is-public.php#L1199
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/public/class-is-public.php#L222
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/public/class-is-public.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3583051%40add-search-to-menu&new=3583051%40add-search-to-menu&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab004836-8362-46d6-acfc-80f582605b43?source=cve
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