vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: searchwp-live-ajax-search: CVE-2022-3227: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Sep 15, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Sep 15, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025
Description
The SearchWP Live Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the 'swpengine' parameter used by the 'searchwp_live_search' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files.
Solution
searchwp-live-ajax-search-plugin-cve-2022-3227
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