# CVE-2024-56229: WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.6 - Cross-Site Requst Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unwanted actions in the SearchIQ WordPress plugin, potentially altering settings or data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vr96-c7gf-6gvh

## What is CVE-2024-56229?

CVE-2024-56229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SearchIQ, published on 31 Dec 2024. 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SearchIQ SearchIQ searchiq.This issue affects SearchIQ: from n/a through <= 4.6.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56229?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Searchiq Searchiq.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56229?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-56229 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56229 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SearchIQ

- [CVE-2024-31259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31259/): WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.5 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Log File vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-30867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30867/): WordPress SearchIQ plugin <= 4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-13350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13350/): SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 4.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-10885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10885/): SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 4.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2022-0780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0780/): SearchIQ < 3.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56229 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SearchIQ, published on 31 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56229 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SearchIQ. 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-2024-56229/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56229/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56229
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56229
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56229

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56229/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.