Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2026-1053
CVE-2026-1053
Description
The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=5.5.13
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- plugins.svn.wordpress.org/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/class-is-public.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.13/public/partials/is-ajax-results.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cdc5ef6a-32d8-4c4b-b459-d9b543b56898nvd
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