Ivory Search <= 5.5.12 - Missing Authorization

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5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-63069
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 28, 2025
Last Updated December 11, 2025
Researcher Que Thanh Tuan - Blue Rock

Description

The Ivory Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 5.5.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin

Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug add-search-to-menu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.5.13, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.12
Patched Version
  • 5.5.13

Recent vulnerabilities in Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin

Ivory Search <= 5.5.15 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_title' and 'menu_magnifier_color' Settings
4.4
CVE-2026-11356
Jun 26, 2026
Researcher: Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi
Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
6.1
CVE-2024-13362
Apr 30, 2026
Researcher: Asaf Mozes
Ivory Search <= 5.5.13 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_gcse' and 'nothing_found_text' Parameters
4.4
CVE-2026-1053
Jan 27, 2026
Researcher: JongHwan Shin (zzzsleep)
Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
4.4
CVE-2025-5209
May 27, 2025
Researchers:
Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form
5.3
CVE-2024-6835
Sep 4, 2024
Researcher: stealthcopter
Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Index Creation
4.3
CVE-2024-3233
Apr 12, 2024
Researcher: Thura Moe Myint (mgthuramoemyint)
Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
6.1
CVE-2023-33999
Jul 18, 2023
Researcher: Rafie Muhammad
Ivory Search <= 5.4.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
6.1
CVE ID Unknown
Jul 4, 2022
Researchers:
Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks
6.3
CVE-2022-4974
Mar 4, 2022
Researchers:
Ivory Search <= 5.4 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
4.8
CVE-2021-25105
Jan 10, 2022
Researcher: R3N0
# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Ivory Search <= 5.5.15 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_title' and 'menu_magnifier_color' Settings CVE-2026-11356 4.4 Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi June 26, 2026
2 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter CVE-2024-13362 6.1 Asaf Mozes April 30, 2026
3 Ivory Search <= 5.5.13 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_gcse' and 'nothing_found_text' Parameters CVE-2026-1053 4.4 JongHwan Shin (zzzsleep) January 27, 2026
4 Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2025-5209 4.4 May 27, 2025
5 Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form CVE-2024-6835 5.3 stealthcopter September 4, 2024
6 Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Index Creation CVE-2024-3233 4.3 Thura Moe Myint (mgthuramoemyint) April 12, 2024
7 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get CVE-2023-33999 6.1 Rafie Muhammad July 18, 2023
8 Ivory Search <= 5.4.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting 6.1 July 4, 2022
9 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVE-2022-4974 6.3 March 4, 2022
10 Ivory Search <= 5.4 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2021-25105 4.8 R3N0 January 10, 2022
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