CVE-2012-5853

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-89

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 8, 2015
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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