CVE-2024-13585: Ajax Search Lite < 4.12.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description

The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.12.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13585

Problem Types

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: Ajax Search Lite

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.12% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-22 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13585
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/270f213a-2fde-471c-ad09-2b44d11891ec/

Timeline