PT-2026-26844 · WordPress · Ricerca – Advanced Search

Published 2026-03-21 · Updated 2026-03-21 · CVE-2026-2837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ricerca – advanced search plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.1.13

Description The Ricerca – advanced search plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the plugin’s settings. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the injected page. This issue only impacts multi-site installations and those where unfiltered html has been disabled.

Recommendations Update Ricerca – advanced search plugin for WordPress to version 1.1.13 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-2837

Affected Products

Ricerca – Advanced Search

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2837 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ricerca-smart-search/tags/1.1.12/inc/admin_fields.php#L689 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddee4794-5b57-4af1-a427-3247882952e9?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2035237235097051287 · Twitter Post