CVE-2025-5209 Ivory Search < 5.5.10 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in Ivory Search, enabling stored XSS attacks.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5209?
CVE-2025-5209 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Ivory Search, published on 17 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Ivory Search WordPress plugin before 5.5.10 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5209?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ivorysearch Ivory Search.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5209?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5209 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-2025-5209 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5209 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ivory Search
- CVE-2021-24234 Ivory Search < 4.6.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-6835 Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form
- 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-5j6c-8mh7-5662.