# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8g6h-qpgr-rm99

## 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 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6835?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24234/): Ivory Search < 4.6.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2025-5209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5209/): Ivory Search < 5.5.10 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2021-25105](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25105/): Ivory Search < 5.4.1 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (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-2024-6835 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6835 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: vinod-dalvi 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-2024-6835/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6835/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6835
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6835
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6835

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6835/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.