FKIE_CVE-2012-5853

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-08 01:59 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
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Summary
SQL injection vulnerability in the "the_search_function" function in cardoza_ajax_search.php in the AJAX Post Search (cardoza-ajax-search) plugin before 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the srch_txt parameter in a "the_search_text" action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vinojcardoza ajax_post_search *
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837",
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