SQL injection in WordPress Ajax Search Pro plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Ajax Search Pro, a WordPress plugin by wpdreams, is affected from n/a through 4.29.1. Improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command (CWE-89) allows blind SQL injection. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted input to run SQL queries against the site database. The flaw has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.3, rated critical.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in wpdreams Ajax Search Pro ajax-search-pro allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Ajax Search Pro: from n/a through 4.29.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Ajax Search Pro.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96331
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-x2jq-5mqf-7hv6
- 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
More wpdreams vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01355 Ajax Search Lite Pro < 4.26.2 - Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-01343 Ajax Search Lite < 4.11.1, Pro < 4.26.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-09790 Ajax Search Lite < 4.12.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2024-07995 Ajax Search Lite <= 4.12.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-06563 Ajax Search Lite < 4.12.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-22480 WordPress Ajax Search Lite plugin <= 4.14.4 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-96331 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-96331 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2jq-5mqf-7hv6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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