WordPress Ajax Search Lite plugin SQL Injection
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
WPdreams Ajax Search Lite (ajax-search-lite) through 4.14.6 contains a CWE-89 SQL Injection flaw that allows Blind SQL Injection. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.3 (CRITICAL), with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and a scope change. The impact is high confidentiality, no integrity impact, and low availability impact. CISA SSVC rates automatable as yes and technical impact as partial, and reports no known exploitation.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in WPdreams Ajax Search Lite ajax-search-lite allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Ajax Search Lite: from n/a through 4.14.6.
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
No fixed version is listed for Ajax Search Lite in the CVE record. Remove the plugin or update to a version that is not affected by this issue, and check the plugin's vendor page for a patch.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111852
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-rxg4-hh2m-h7g8
- 2026-10-21 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-2026-111852 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111852 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rxg4-hh2m-h7g8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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