WP Remote Site Search

WP Remote Site Search has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2023; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

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

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

All of these findings were reported by Rafie Muhammad. WP Remote Site Search is installed on roughly 40 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.4/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

1

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2023-51397

WP Remote Site Search <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

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Latestv1.0.7

WP Remote Site Search

Pratik Chaskar

Author

Pratik Chaskar

5.0(1)
100/100
Last Updated
2026-08-21 (23d ago)
Active Installs
40+
Downloads
6,630
Requires WP
4.4+
Requires PHP
0+
Tested up to
WP 7.1
Created
2016-12-27 (10y ago)

WP Remote Site Search is a search plugin for WordPress that returns any WordPress site’s data using WP REST API. Basic Usage Activate the WP Remote Site Search plugin Add the shortcode [wp_remote_site_search] to a page or something Options Here’s a list of shortcodes currently available in the WP Remote Site Search plugin. 1.remote_url="https://example.com" URL from where you want to fetch the information The remote site should have WordPress 4.7 or higher or Rest API (v2) plugin installed to get the search results. 2.title="How can we help?" Title for the search box 3.category_id="1,2" You can also pass "category_id1,category_id2" to search multiple posts from multiple categories. 4.sub_categories="true" You can also get all results from categories (category_id1, category_id2) and their respective subcategories by setting sub_categories="true". 5.placeholder="Enter a search term." The text displayed in the search box placeholder. Default is "Search...". 6.type = "books" Default type is posts, You can add custom post type also. 7.max_results="50" Total Number of results you want to display. (default max_results is 30) 8.html_input = "<button> Get In Touch!</button>" Append html after all results get displyed. Example: [wp_remote_site_search remote_url="https://example.com" category_id="1,2" sub_categories="true" type="books" title="How can we help?" placeholder="Have a question? Enter a search term." max_results="30" html_input="<button>Get In Touch!</button>"] Credits WP Live Search Licenses: GNU GPL, Version 2 (or later) Credits https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-search-live/

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