The Ajax Search Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure due to missing authorization in its AJAX search handler in all versions up to, and including, 4.13.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to issue repeated AJAX requests to leak the content of any protected post in rolling 100‑character windows.
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Description | The Ajax Search Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure due to missing authorization in its AJAX search handler in all versions up to, and including, 4.13.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to issue repeated AJAX requests to leak the content of any protected post in rolling 100‑character windows. | |
Title | Ajax Search Lite <= 4.13.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Basic Information Exposure via ASL_Query in AJAX Search Handler | |
Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2025-08-28T05:24:52.304Z
Updated: 2025-08-28T14:48:35.475Z
Reserved: 2025-07-21T12:42:31.893Z
Link: CVE-2025-7956

Updated: 2025-08-28T13:35:49.996Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-28T06:15:31.493
Modified: 2025-08-29T16:24:09.860
Link: CVE-2025-7956

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