CVE-2022-2535

SearchWP Live Ajax Search <= 1.6.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2022-07-25 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.6.2
Affected Plugin: SearchWP Live Ajax Search
Affected Version: <= 1.6.1
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2022-2535

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At a glance

CVE-2022-2535 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the SearchWP Live Ajax Search WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.6.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2022, reported by Angelo Delicato.

Vulnerability Overview

The SearchWP Live Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary post title disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.6.1. This is due to insufficient checking of a post status before displaying to a user. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view post titles even when they are not in a 'publish' state.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

SearchWP Live Ajax Search <= 1.6.1 carries this weakness at publish, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For SearchWP Live Ajax Search the fix is 1.6.2: builds <= 1.6.1 are affected, anything from 1.6.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.6.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.6.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2535 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f8ddb7df-7f74-486d-a55f-9e2d1e91f112 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2535

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in SearchWP Live Ajax Search

9.1CVE-2022-3227: SearchWP Live Ajax Search Directory Traversal and LFICVE-2022-3227

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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