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1 vulnerability found for Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter by wpdreams

CVE-2025-7956 (GCVE-0-2025-7956)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-28 05:24
Modified
2026-04-08 17:27
CWE
Summary
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.
Impacted products
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