# CVE-2024-7084: Ajax Search Lite < 4.12.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

> Administrators can inject malicious scripts into the Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fj5p-6c44-4pp3

## What is CVE-2024-7084?

CVE-2024-7084 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ajax Search Lite, published on 6 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.12.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Admin+ to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7084?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp-Dreams Ajax Search.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7084?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7084 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7084 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7084 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ajax Search Lite

- [CVE-2024-21752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21752/): WordPress Ajax Search Lite Plugin <= 4.11.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-1420](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1420/): Ajax Search Lite < 4.11.1, Pro < 4.26.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-1435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1435/): Ajax Search Lite Pro < 4.26.2 - Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-8619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8619/): Ajax Search Lite <= 4.12.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-10568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10568/): Ajax Search Lite < 4.12.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7084 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7084 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ajax Search Lite, published on 6 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7084 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Ajax Search Lite. 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-2024-7084/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7084/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7084
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7084
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7084

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7084/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.