CVE-2024-6835 Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form
Unauthenticated attackers can extract text from password-protected posts via a boolean-based attack on the AJAX search form.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6835?
CVE-2024-6835 is a medium-severity vulnerability in vinod-dalvi Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin, published on 5 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.6 via the ajax_load_posts function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract text data from password-protected posts using the boolean-based attack on the AJAX search form
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6835?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ivorysearch Ivory Search.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6835?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-6835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in vinod-dalvi Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin
- CVE-2021-24234 Ivory Search < 4.6.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2025-5209 Ivory Search < 5.5.10 - Admin+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2021-25105 Ivory Search < 5.4.1 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2021-36869 WordPress Ivory Search plugin <= 4.6.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8g6h-qpgr-rm99.