Stored XSS via unescaped AJAX search-form setting
Published Jun 17, 2025 · Updated Jun 17, 2025
Stored XSS in Vinod Dalvi Ivory Search before 5.5.10 allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through AJAX form settings. The plugin stores the _is_ajax[min_no_for_search] value without adequate sanitization and emits it unescaped into a search form. Administrator access and either WordPress Multisite or disabled unfiltered_html are required; the payload runs when a visitor opens the affected page and moves the pointer over the form.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Vinod Dalvi Ivory Search before 5.5.10 allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through AJAX form settings. The plugin stores the _is_ajax[min_no_for_search] value without adequate sanitization and emits it unescaped into a search form. Administrator access and either WordPress Multisite or disabled unfiltered_html are required; the payload runs when a visitor opens the affected page and moves the pointer over the form.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5209
- Published
- Jun 17, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Ivory Search
- Product
- Ivory Search
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.5.10
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- AJAX minimum-search-length stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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