Advanced Admin Search

Advanced Admin Search has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2022; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.1, and the most serious one scores 6.1 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Advanced Admin Search has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Ran Crane. Advanced Admin Search is installed on roughly 500 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.1/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

1

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.1CVE-2022-0626

Advanced Admin Search <= 1.1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

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Latestv1.1.6

Advanced Admin Search

Kuroit

Author

Kuroit

4.3(8)
86/100
Last Updated
2022-06-14 (4y ago)
Active Installs
500+
Downloads
78,291
Requires WP
3.9+
Requires PHP
0+
Tested up to
WP 6.0.14
Created
2018-09-27 (8y ago)

Advanced Admin Search provides you easy and simplest way to search anything in WordPress admin panel from one single search field. Why use Advanced Admin Search? By using this plugin you can quickly search posts, pages, users, custom post types, comments and more from one single search field on WordPress admin bar. You won’t have to go to each section to search any of this. It will also check for the content of every post to provide you exact results. Example: Not sure where you placed the shortcode for third party gallery or appointment plugin? Simply search the shortcode in search field and it will provide you list of posts/pages or anywhere it is placed. Bar Search Features Advanced Admin Search on WordPress admin bar allows you to search: Admin Menu Media Library (Attachments) Users Posts Pages Custom Post Types Post Meta Comments Dedicated Full Search Page Dedicated Full Search page of Advanced Admin Search in WordPress admin panel allows you to search: Media Library (Attachments) Users Posts (and content for shortcodes, links etc) Pages (and content for shortcodes, links etc) Custom Post Types Post Meta Comments You can filter the search by: Keyword (search term) Post Type Post Status Author ID or Username Meta Filters Filter by Meta Key Filter by Meta Value Filter Meta by Expression (Exact Match, Starting With, Ending With) SUBMITTING PATCHES Found a bug? or want to contribute in our plugin? We would love that! Check out Official repo for Advanced Admin Search on Github.

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