CVE-2025-28937 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2025-28937

WordPress Lava Ajax Search plugin <= 1.1.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

5.9 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in lavacode Lava Ajax Search lava-ajax-search allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Lava Ajax Search: from n/a through <= 1.1.9.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Nabil Irawan | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/lava-ajax-search/vulnerability/wordpress-lava-ajax-search-plugin-1-1-9-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Affected Vendor

lavacode

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Affected Software

Lava Ajax Search

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: March 11th, 2025

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories