CVE-2012-5853

high
Published 2015-01-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
vinojcardozaajax_post_search{"endExcluding":"1.3"}1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.