# CVE-2021-25105: Ivory Search < 5.4.1 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unescaped form settings in the Ivory Search WordPress plugin, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mr9w-hm8q-hjg9

## What is CVE-2021-25105?

CVE-2021-25105 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin, published on 7 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Ivory Search WordPress plugin before 5.4.1 does not escape some of the Form settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25105?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivorysearch Ivory Search.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-25105?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25105 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-25105 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25105 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin

- [CVE-2021-24234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24234/): Ivory Search < 4.6.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-6835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6835/): Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-5209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5209/): Ivory Search < 5.5.10 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2021-36869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36869/): WordPress Ivory Search plugin <= 4.6.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-25105 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-25105 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin, published on 7 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25105 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25105/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25105/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25105
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25105
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25105

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25105/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.