FKIE_CVE-2025-5209

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-17 06:15 - Updated: 2025-06-26 16:01
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Ivory Search WordPress plugin before 5.5.10 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8b51dc46-62c8-45b5-96ce-fb774b430388/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ivorysearch ivory_search *
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      "value": "The Ivory Search  WordPress plugin before 5.5.10 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed"
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  "id": "CVE-2025-5209",
  "lastModified": "2025-06-26T16:01:40.640",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
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        "type": "Secondary"
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  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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