CVE-2012-5853 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2012-5853

SQL injection vulnerability in the "the_search_function" function in cardoza_ajax_search.php in...

Vulnerability Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the "the_search_function" function in cardoza_ajax_search.php in the AJAX Post Search (cardoza-ajax-search) plugin before 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the srch_txt parameter in a "the_search_text" action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

Affected Vendor

vinojcardoza

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Affected Software

ajax post search
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 8th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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