Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin: known security problems
16 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
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In short
There are 16 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 5.5.19 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.5.18)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.18
- Fixed in
- 5.5.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-92243
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 5.5.18 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.5.15)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.15
- Fixed in
- 5.5.16
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.16 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11356
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 5.5.15 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_title' and 'menu_magnifier_color' Settings
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.5.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.8
- Fixed in
- 5.5.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-13362
- Report title
- Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.5.13)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.13
- Fixed in
- 5.5.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-1053
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 5.5.13 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_gcse' and 'nothing_found_text' Parameters
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 5.5.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.12
- Fixed in
- 5.5.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-63069
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 5.5.12 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.5.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.9
- Fixed in
- 5.5.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-5209
- Report title
- Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.5.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.6
- Fixed in
- 5.5.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-6835
- Report title
- Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.6 - Information Exposure via AJAX Search Form
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.5.5
- Fixed in
- 5.5.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3233
- Report title
- Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 5.5.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Index Creation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 4.0 up to and including 5.5.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 4.0 up to and including 5.5.1
- Fixed in
- 5.5.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.5.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-33999
- Report title
- Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.4.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.4.6
- Fixed in
- 5.4.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.4.7 or newer.
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 5.4.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (before 5.4.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 5.4.4
- Fixed in
- 5.4.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.4.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-4974
- Report title
- Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.4
- Fixed in
- 5.4.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 5.4.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-25105
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 5.4 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.7.1
- Fixed in
- 4.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 4.8 or newer.
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 4.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.6.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.6.6
- Fixed in
- 4.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 4.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-36869
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 4.6.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 4.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.6
- Fixed in
- 4.6.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 4.6.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24234
- Report title
- Ivory Search <= 4.6 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.5.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.10
- Fixed in
- 4.5.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin to version 4.5.11 or newer.
- Report title
- Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin <= 4.5.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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