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CVE-2012-5853

N/A

Published: January 8, 2015 at 01:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorAjax Post Search

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ajax Post Search · Vinojcardoza

95%

v < 1.3

Affected range stops below 1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-89

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