PT-2024-16619 · WordPress · Searchiq

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2024-12-04 · Updated 2024-12-04 · CVE-2024-10885

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SearchIQ – The Search Solution plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.6

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'siq searchbox' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 4.6, consider disabling the 'siq searchbox' shortcode until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to pages that use this shortcode to minimize the risk of arbitrary web script injection. Avoid using user-supplied attributes in the 'siq searchbox' shortcode until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10885

Affected Products

Searchiq

References · 8

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3198694/searchiq/trunk/library/shortcode.php · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10885 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1864186881786704198 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86e8e16f-9d93-457a-9093-2fd236e51682?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11946 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/searchiq/tags/4.6/library/shortcode.php#L66 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1864162197124849707 · Twitter Post