CVE-2024-10885 SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 4.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via shortcode attributes, leading to script execution in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10885?
CVE-2024-10885 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SearchIQ – The Search Solution, published on 4 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SearchIQ – The Search Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'siq_searchbox' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10885?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Searchiq Searchiq.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10885?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10885 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-2024-10885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SearchIQ – The Search Solution
- CVE-2024-31259 WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.5 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Log File vulnerability
- CVE-2025-30867 WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-13350 SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 4.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2022-0780 SearchIQ < 3.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
- CVE-2023-47832 WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v5rj-qw4c-6pc2.