CVE-2012-5853

SQL injection vulnerability in the "the_search_function" function in cardoza_ajax_search.php in the AJAX Post Search (cardoza-ajax-search) plugin before 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the srch_txt parameter in a "the_search_text" action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

• CWE-89

• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Nov/33Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/changelog/Third Party Advisory

Published

Jan 8, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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