{
 "id": "WPSEC-2026-0995",
 "url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0995/",
 "json_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0995/advisory.json",
 "markdown_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0995/index.md",
 "title": "Ajax Search Lite <= 4.14.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Forged Search Instance Settings",
 "description": "The Ajax Search Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 4.14.5, due to the front-end script reading search instance settings from every '.asl_init_data' element on the page, so a later element overrides the real one, and navigating to the configured home or redirect URL without checking its scheme. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to place an element with forged settings in a post, so that a javascript: URL executes arbitrary web scripts when a user searches with the site's search bar on that page. The search bar must precede the post content.",
 "plugin": {
  "slug": "ajax-search-lite",
  "name": "Ajax Search Lite",
  "full_name": "Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter",
  "wordpress_org": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-search-lite/",
  "advisories_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/plugin/ajax-search-lite/",
  "attacksurface": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/ajax-search-lite"
 },
 "type": "XSS",
 "cwe": [
  "CWE-79"
 ],
 "cve": [],
 "cvss": {
  "version": "3.1",
  "score": 5.4,
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
  "severity": "Medium"
 },
 "affected": {
  "ranges": [
   {
    "from": null,
    "from_inclusive": true,
    "to": "4.14.6",
    "to_inclusive": false
   }
  ],
  "text": [
   "all versions before 4.14.6"
  ]
 },
 "introduced_in": null,
 "fixed_in": "4.14.6",
 "remediation": "Update to 4.14.6 or later.",
 "fix_released": "2026-10-14T08:56:49+00:00",
 "published": "2026-10-15T09:43:22+00:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-14T19:51:18.028603+00:00",
 "also_published_as": null,
 "references": [
  "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0995/",
  "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-search-lite/tags/4.14.6/",
  "https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-search-lite/"
 ],
 "attacksurface_url": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/ajax-search-lite",
 "source": "WPSec",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
 },
 "usage": {
  "plugin": "High",
  "affected_versions": "High",
  "as_of": "2026-10-15"
 }
}