CVE-2022-0780 SearchIQ < 3.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

What is CVE-2022-0780?

CVE-2022-0780 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SearchIQ – The Search Solution, published on 18 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The SearchIQ WordPress plugin before 3.9 contains a flag to disable the verification of CSRF nonces, granting unauthenticated attackers access to the siq_ajax AJAX action and allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in the customCss parameter

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0780?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Searchiq Searchiq.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0780?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0780 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-0780 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0780 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SearchIQ – The Search Solution

• CVE-2024-31259 WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.5 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Log File vulnerability High 7.5
• CVE-2025-30867 WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-13350 SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 4.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-10885 SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 4.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.4
• CVE-2023-47832 WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xpxf-4p9g-j69p.